Century-old store in Ehime village reopens after 20yr hiatus

Century-old store in Ehime village reopens after 20yr hiatus

MATSUYAMA, Japan - People sit outside of Fukuda Hyakkaten, a general store that had served a mountainous community in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, for about 90 years before going out of business some 20 years ago, on Sept. 14, 2014. It reopened in the same traditional Japanese house built more than 100 years ago.

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