Shuttered shopping street revives as 100-yen mall

Shuttered shopping street revives as 100-yen mall

SHINJO, Japan - Customers enjoy 100-yen bowls of duck soup on March 10, the 15th ''100-yen mall'' event since July 2004 on the Minami-Hommachi shopping street in the city of Shinjo, Yamagata Prefecture.

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