Elderly singer performs before railway station

Elderly singer performs before railway station

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese "enka" ballad singer Saburo Daimon performs in a unique costume on Dec. 3, 2014, in front of an East Japan Railway Co. station in Hiratsuka, southwest of Tokyo. The 65-year-old has been staging such performances almost every weekday for over six years to help encourage local people.

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