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06/02, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo (Nakano Broadway)
North Korea launched what is thought to be a ballistic missile under the guise of a satellite Wednesday, before it crash-landed in the Yellow Sea. As global warming causes a rise in sea temperatures, Japan's fish catch in 2022 fell to a record low. The London-based Japan House has started promoting the Japanese countryside overseas. And finally, the third edition of the Art Collaboration Kyoto art fair in October has announced this year's exhibitors. On a warm afternoon in early June, we walk along Nakano Broadway, west of Shinjuku on the Sobu line. Its famed for its secondhand book stores, rare-to-find toys, photo books or out-of-print copies of very early manga, and is somewhere with a very particular charm.
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