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Description: “Danchi Woman” is about a woman living alone among a pile of cardboard boxes reaching the ceiling and a mountain of analog home appliances. The woman is Shizu UCHIKOSHI, 85 years old. 30 years ago, she moved into a “danchi” or housing complex in what is currently Minato Mirai District in Yokohama near Tokyo.nn“Danchi” were built throughout Japan from the late 1950’s during Japan’s period of high economic growth and were symbols of affluence admired by the people. Today, while the
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