I first visited the town of Tsukiyono-machi in northern Gunma prefecture in 1971, when Ken Butler, a friend of mine who was director of a Japanese language school in Tokyo, invited me to his vacation home for the weekend.
The shoes of kids from the local school at the entrance area of our home in the town of Tsukiyono-machi, Gunma prefecture.
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Putting down roots: Gerald Curtis (22)
Building a house in rural Japan and studying at the local elementary school
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