Pop group member teaches citizens dancing as tourism ambassador

Professional dancer Masaharu Maruyama, better known as Sam, of the Japanese pop music group TRF teaches dancing to citizens in Kushiro in the northernmost Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido on May 23, 2015, following his appointment earlier in the day as tourism ambassador for the city. ==Kyodo

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