By DAICHI ITAKURA/ Staff Writer
January 27, 2020 at 07:00 JST
The upstairs floor of the Shin-Mutsu ryokan in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, is little changed from when it operated as a brothel. Photo was taken in November. (Daichi Itakura)
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