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By Hiroyuki Kikuchi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer

13:45 JST, February 2, 2026

KAMAKURA, Kanagawa — In the heart of Kanagawa Prefecture’s Kamakura, a city bustling with domestic and international tourists alike, stands the modest, weathered structure of the Kamakura City Agricultural Cooperative Union Sales Stand, which evokes pure nostalgia for the Showa-era (1926-89).

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