William Kumanichi reports on a lighthearted event for a rainy day: the “Love Ride” (こいのり) is a streetcar chartered by the Kengun Shopping Arcade Promotion Board which traveled between Kamikumamoto and Kengun full of some 50 lovelorn men and women in their 20s and 30s looking for matches. Also aboard was a “marriage coordinator,” Araki Naomi, who gave such advice as “Expressing interest is like a turn signal: it must be obvious.” Perhaps any effort to revitalized Kengun, which has rapidly declined to “shutter street” (シャター通り) status, is welcome. This may result in a new generation of patrons.
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