TOTTORI, Japan -- There has been a noticeable uptick in recent months in the number of people walking along the Wakasa Kaido Shotengai shopping street in Tottori, a prefecture on the Sea of Japan.
The fire erupted on the first floor of the five-story building at Tsutenkaku Hondori Shopping Street in Naniwa Ward, Osaka City at about 5pm local time, according to public broadcaster NHK Japan.