By DAICHI ITAKURA/ Staff Writer
January 27, 2020 at 07:00 JST
A picture postcard dating to the late Meiji Era (1868-1912) shows the red-light district that used to exist in Aomori's Asahicho district. (From Aomori Prefecture's digital history archives)
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