By LISA VOGT/ Special to Asahi Weekly
December 10, 2019 at 07:30 JST
Taisho-Roman Street in Kawagoe is a place where visitors can enjoy the elegant atmosphere of early 20th-century Japan. (Photo by Lisa Vogt)
Kasumigaseki? That’s next to Nagatacho, where Japan’s movers and shakers do what they do to keep Japan humming along, right? No. It turns out that the golf venue for the 2020 Summer Olympics is Kasumigaseki Country Club in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, which opened its fairways in 1929. [Read More]
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