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= Shutter art (street art) in Kasukabe =

History
Kasukabe-juku (around the east exit of Kasukabe Station) is located on Nikko-kaido, one of the five highways established by the shogunate in the Edo period, and is the fourth inn counting from Nihonbashi in Edo. It is also famous as the first place where Matsuo Basho stayed during his "Okunohosomichi" (The Narrow Road to the Deep North).

Around the east exit of Kasukabe Station, there still remain many temples, warehouse buildings, old private houses, and elegant streets, and in recent years, the number of people who take a "historical town tour" has been increasing. Therefore, in January 2011, the "Kasukabe Landscape Restoration Project" was launched to revitalize the landscape of Kasukabe-juku and allow visitors to enjoy the atmosphere of the old inn town. Shutter Art is a part of this project. A series of shutter art reproducing the history and period scenery of Kasukabe-juku has appeared one after another. As of January 2016, 34 locations have been completed and the number is still increasing.