Japan shopping street lures tourists with goldfish
Sawako Yamaguchi, The Japan News
Jan. 22, 2021
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YAMATO-KORIYAMA, Nara, Japan - Goldfish swim along the shopping street in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, as if the main drag is one giant aquarium.
The 600-meter-long passage is lined with long-established kimono shops, public baths, restaurants and other stores. Inside the 28 shops are 30 water tanks of various shapes and sizes, in which a total of about 250 goldfish of 30 different species swim around to the delight the shoppers and tourists.
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