National World Heritage tourism summit held in Japan

National World Heritage tourism summit held in Japan

HASHIMOTO, Japan - Michiyo Kubo, a World Heritage site researcher, gives a lecture at a "summit" on national World Heritage tourism on Sept. 29, 2014, at Koyasan University in Koya, Wakayama Prefecture. Mt. Koya in the western Japan prefecture was registered on UNESCO's World Heritage list in 2004. (Kyodo)

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