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A night in Toyama’s Sakuragicho

By Tokyo Reporter Staff on May 31, 2017

Street scene in Sakuragicho
Boys on the town
Two friends in Sakuragicho
Waiting for a fare in Sakuragicho
Missed connection in Sakuragicho
Down and out in Sakuragicho
Cruising through Sakuragicho
Celebrity of Sakuragicho
Satisfaction in Sakuragicho
Three of a kind in Sakuragicho
Solo in Sakuragicho
Out alone in Sakuragicho
Taking a break in Sakuragicho

(Photographs by The Tokyo Reporter, May 3, 2016)

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