THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 16, 2023 at 17:27 JST
Tourists, including those from South Korea and Singapore, take pictures of a railway crossing in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, which was used as the model for a scene in the Japanese anime “Slam Dunk.” (Tomoko Yamashita)
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