Tokyo snapshot: Vegetable fields dotting Tokyo's Edogawa area

Photo taken on Sept. 11, 2015, shows a vegetable field in a residential area of Tokyo's Edogawa district. The Komatsugawa area produces a leafy vegetable variety known as "komatsuna," a name given by feudal ruler Tokugawa Yoshimune during the Edo shogunate period. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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