Lisa's Wanderings Around Japan/ Asaka city: Take your best shot at GSDF shooting and flight simulators | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
Once a post station known for its copper crafts on the Kawagoe Kaido highway--which ran from Itabashi-shuku station through Nerima, Shirako and Hizaori to the gates of Kawagoe Castle during the Edo Period (1603-1867)--Asaka in Saitama Prefecture has shape-shifted with the times.
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