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By Takashi Yoshida / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer

17:20 JST, May 10, 2025

OTSUKI, Yamanashi — After getting off a train at Otsuki Station in Yamanashi Prefecture, I traveled south along the river on National Route 139 for about five kilometers, into the neighboring city of Tsuru, when a large brick structure came into view on my left.

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