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During Japan’s Tokugawa Period (1603-1868) the country was dotted with trading towns, central hubs through which flowed people and goods. Many of these towns withered after Japan industrialized at the end of the nineteenth century. One little trading town that has managed to retain its historic roots and leverage a…