HATOYAMA, SAITAMA PREF. – Sitting atop a lushly forested hill in the rural outskirts of Tokyo is a picturesque community that didn’t exist half a century ago.
Row upon row of nondescript two-story houses line the quiet, well-maintained streets, connected by a careful web of narrow lanes interspersed with parks and greenery.
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