TokyoNow: Japan in tourism campaign, targets 10 mil. in 2010

TokyoNow: Japan in tourism campaign, targets 10 mil. in 2010

ABASHIRI, Japan - Foreign tourists, mainly from Taiwan, enjoy sailing in the freezing wind aboard the icebreaker ship Aurora on the Sea of Okhotsk, off the city of Abashiri, Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of Japan.

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