Women interested in moss increasing fast in Japan

Participants look at moss on a trekking trail in the Northern Yatsugatake mountain range in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, during an observation workshop on June 14, 2015. Those women who are hooked on moss observation are nicknamed "Moss Girls." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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