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Down in Yui, the gate over Sakura-ebi Street. All of Japan’s sakura shrimp comes from Suruga Bay, and the spring season was just about over.
由比の「桜えび通り」のゲート。日本の桜えびは全部駿河湾産で、春漁はもう終わりかけだった。