Tourists visit academy of key players in Meiji Restoration

Tourists visit academy of key players in Meiji Restoration

Tourists visit Shokasonjuku, a private academy that produced numerous key figures in Japan's Meiji Restoration at the end of the 19th century, on June 12, 2015, in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The school is among the Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Kyushu-Yamaguchi and Related Areas that Japan aims to register as a UNESCO World Heritage site. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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