THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
December 11, 2020 at 18:45 JST
Low-pitched slopes lead from the main gate to the school building at Daizawa Elementary School in Tokyo’s Setagaya Ward on Dec. 8. (Kazuyuki Ito)
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