By TAKAFUMI YABUKI/ Staff Writer
January 14, 2021 at 08:00 JST
Katsunobu Takada, president of Auto Craft Izu, sits on a unique bicycle at his company in Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture. (Takafumi Yabuki)
IZU, Shizuoka Prefecture--Strange bicycles shaped like animals or resembling engineering experiments gone wrong are familiar sights at amusement parks and tourist sites across Japan. But they all originate from just one location. [Read More]
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