In Japan, it’s quite common for shopping malls to come equipped with “lost child centers,” which serve as a sort of lost-and-found for children. A precursor to this feature existed even in the Edo period, the last age of the samurai, which lasted from 1603 to 1867. Back then, the district of Nihonbashi flourished as a castle town as well as a key point of traffic, where the famous Five Highways of Edo started. People came from all across the country, thronging to shop in the capital’s biggest market. Even…
