Whirlpool tour season opens with ceremony

Whirlpool tour season opens with ceremony

NARUTO, Japan - Mayumi Yanagawa, a woman promoting sightseeing trips to whirlpools off Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, throws a golden key into the sea off Naruto on March 1 in a ceremony to open the tour season.

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