![Sidewalk flowers celebrate ramen shop opening Sidewalk flowers celebrate ramen shop opening](https://tokyogreenspace.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/flowers_new_ramen_shop_t500.jpg?w=1000)
Whenever a small business opens in Tokyo, there is a floral explosion outside as the shop owners’ friends and vendors provide enormous flower displays as a show of support and celebration. It also functions to draw the public’s attention to the new business. What an exuberance of color and quantity.