Hiraizumi in northeast Japan to be World Heritage site

Hiraizumi in northeast Japan to be World Heritage site

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2008 shows Chusonji, a Buddhist temple known for its Golden Hall, located in Hiraizumi, Iwate Prefecture. An advisory panel to UNESCO has recommended registering the historic area in northeastern Japan and the Ogasawara Islands off Tokyo as World Heritage sites, the Japanese government said May 7, 2011.

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