Travel | BACKSTREET STORIES May 24, 2014
What's blowing in the wind around Ushigome-yanagicho
by Kit Nagamura
Wind gusts airborne detritus down toward Ichigaya-yanagicho, an intersection in central Tokyo infamous for having the highest density of carbon monoxide in Tokyo during the 1970s. Researchers at the time linked this poisonous gas to the area's high incidence of lung cancer, and the ...