By LISA VOGT/ Special to Asahi Weekly
September 20, 2022 at 07:00 JST
Once a post station known for its copper crafts on the Kawagoe Kaido highway--which ran from Itabashi-shuku station through Nerima, Shirako and Hizaori to the gates of Kawagoe Castle during the Edo Period (1603-1867)--Asaka in Saitama Prefecture has shape-shifted with the times. [Read More]
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