京都の(きょうとの)二条の(にじょうの)街にある、安っぽい(やすっぽい)駄菓子屋や(だがしやや)花火屋などの場所

Even Maruzen (a famous shop for imported books and luxury stationery) and music, which 'I' once deeply loved, were now only causes of pain and boredom for him. He wandered aimlessly through the streets of Nijo in Kyoto, finding a strange familiarity and consolation in 'beauty' of cheap sweet shops and firework stores that he had never looked at before.