It was hard for me to bring its history to an end. I want to express my gratitude to people in the Nakamise shopping street and Asakusa.

Katsuhiko Inaba, 78, the fourth-generation owner of a traditional Japanese toy shop in business for more than a century in Tokyo's Asakusa district. He is closing the store for good due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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