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Tokyo@. There are no capital letters in kanji, hiragana nor katakana, so it is just a translation

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Jizo is also the guardian of all (including healthy) beings.  There are Japanese stories where Jizo brings luck to children and also elderly people.  https://jisho.org/search/Jizo

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They are guardians of travelers as well.

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