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JIYUCHO Celebrates Its First Anniversary

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JIYUCHO Celebrates Its First Anniversary

by JIYUCHO 自由丁
JIYUCHO celebrated its first anniversary on August 11, 2020!
To everyone who always looks at our Instagram posts,
everyone who visited JIYUCHO during this year,
and everyone who always supports us:
it is unquestionably thanks to you that we can keep JIYUCHO going today!
Thank you!
Together with all of you,
we want to keep doing the things we honestly find enjoyable and good!
We hope you will stay with us in our second year, too!
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