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A Random Walk Down Sakata Street

Rural Japan Photo Essay #5

Nov 07, 2025
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I’ve “written” a few of these photo essays over the past few years.

The simple reason?

I’m lazy.

But I also think photos can portray so much more than the written word.

Like this:

The ‘Strip’.

This is Sakata City’s main strip, the place we call Nakamachi, literally “Central Town”. And this was on a Sunday morning right when the Sunday market was closing up…

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