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Tezuka's publishing house is based near here.
🚉 Takadanobaba · 4 min walk
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This is the neighbourhood where, in the mythology of Tetsuwan Atom, of which Pluto is a reinterpretation, Astro Boy is born: the station plays the Astro Boy melody as its departure chime, and the murals in the underpass show Osamu Tezuka's characters.
Sources: note.com · kankokeizai.com
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