By YUKA HONDA/ Staff Writer
March 21, 2022 at 07:10 JST
A tour group visits Yoshiwarajinja shrine in Tokyo’s Taito Ward, which enshrines five Inarisha shrines that served as guardian deities of the old Yoshiwara red-light district, on Feb. 12. (Yuka Honda)
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