Pop group performs at temple to aid bid for UNESCO heritage campaign

Pop group performs at temple to aid bid for UNESCO heritage campaign

Members of the popular Japanese all-girl pop group AKB48 perform at a temple in Zentsuji, Kagawa Prefecture, on March 31, 2015, as part of an event to arouse public interest in a campaign to register the "henro" pilgrimage route on the western Japanese main island of Shikoku as a UNESCO World Heritage site. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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