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The 109-year-old Fukushima firm supplying ice for Garigari-kun popsicles

Japan Times

Established in 1917, a refrigerated warehousing firm in Fukushima Prefecture was supplying enough ice by 2024 to make some 300 million of the popsicles annually.

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