Odd News Routers: Tokyo residents find comfort in fluffy, street-strolling alpacas

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Tokyo residents find comfort in fluffy, street-strolling alpacas

The quiet of early morning streets in one downtown Tokyo neighbourhood is broken by joggers, parents with children in strollers - and a pair of alpacas, out for their daily constitutional walk. On leads held by their keepers, Akane and Satsuki trot down streets past shops and temples, crop grass in a pocket park, and share crosswalks with the occasional pedestrian before heading back to their home at an indoor petting zoo, "Alpaca Land".

(With inputs from agencies.)