Midori Fujii calls herself a "cityscape exile."
"When I introduce myself to the local people of Kawagoe, I always say 'I'm a cityscape exile from Tokyo,' " says Fujii, a resident of Matsue-cho in the center of Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture.
She loves the city so much that, after moving to Kawagoe 11 years ago with her family, she now self-publishes "Ko-Edo Monogatari (Mini-Edo Tales)," a biannual 18-page booklet on Kawagoe community issues and local history.