Kobe residents unite to restore scenic landscape around pond

Kobe residents unite to restore scenic landscape around pond

KOBE, Japan - Residents near Kobe's Mt. Rokko have decided to restore the exotic landscape around the Mikuni Ike pond (in file photo) which was once lined with holiday mansions of foreigners but has been left in poor shape since the economic slowdown in the 1990s.

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