Former front gate of beef cattle-raising prison in northern Japan

This is the former front gate of the Abashiri Prison in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, photographed on April 22, 2015. Convicts at the prison are raising black wagyu cattle, whose beef has been given high marks by the Japan Meat Grading Association. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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