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In the ruins of a historic market, a Japanese artisan looks for his cats

https://post.news/@/reuters/2aUQyjpDW5F1sPjTnFOtQ9fET1I

By: Kiyoshi Takenaka WAJIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Kohei Kirimoto, an 8th-generation lacquerware artisan, walked through the ruins of his century-old workshop in the Japanese coastal town of Wajima on Thursday, concerned only for his missing cats. The workship, renowned worldwide for i