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Shimokitazawa - Japan's Greenwich Village

NY Times - Splitting a Hip Neighborhood, in More Ways Than One

I read about this town today on the NY Times. It seems that the gov't has mandated that a thoroughfare be built that goes through the center of this small hip town. As usual there is a struggle between tradition and progress, but in this case it's the traditionalists who want change and the progressives want everything to stay the same.






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