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  • Urbanism
  • 08 Jun 2026
  • 5 min

Tall Stories 512: The strange transformation of Nara Juvenile Prison

Hoshino Resorts

  • The Urbanist
  • Urbanism
  • 5 min

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.

Host
  • Andrew Tuck
Contributor
  • Gendel Gento
Producer
  • David Stevens

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