Elderly Fukuoka man sets out on 6,500-km hike around Japan

Elderly Fukuoka man sets out on 6,500-km hike around Japan

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Tsugio Kawatsu, a 71-year-old man from Okagaki, Fukuoka Prefecture, sets out March 1 in front of the Kitakyushu town hall on a 6,500-kilometer solo hike around the Japanese archipelago.

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