Exhibit of skull-themed posters starts at museum in western Japan

Exhibit of skull-themed posters starts at museum in western Japan

Medical doctor Keiji Kawamoto shows a skull-themed poster at his "Skull Museum" in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on March 15, 2015. Some 100 such posters collected by him at home and abroad over the past 30 years are exhibited at the museum on Sundays in April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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