Abolished schools find new role as renovated residences

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken June 13, 2013, shows Taiko Ishimoto standing in the lobby of a town-run housing complex that was created by renovating a closed junior high school building in Naka, Tokushima Prefecture. Ishimoto recalls the monthlong evacuation at her alma mater where town residents took refuge when a strong typhoon hit in 2004.

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