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EPISODE · Jun 8, 2026 · 5 MIN

Tall Stories 512: The strange transformation of Nara Juvenile Prison

from The Urbanist · host Monocle

Gendel Gento takes us to the last surviving example of Japan’s “Five Great Prisons” built during the Meiji era, which has recently undergone a transformation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Gendel Gento takes us to the last surviving example of Japan’s “Five Great Prisons” built during the Meiji era, which has recently undergone a transformation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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