Hiraizumi in northeast Japan to be World Heritage site

Hiraizumi in northeast Japan to be World Heritage site

HIRAIZUMI, Japan - Masayoshi Sugawara, mayor of Hiraizumi, a town in Iwate Prefecture, smiles as he meets the press May 7, 2011, in the town following reports that an advisory panel to UNESCO has recommended registering the Hiraizumi area in northeastern Japan and the Ogasawara Islands off Tokyo as World Heritage sites. Behind him is a poster of the Golden Hall at Chusonji, a Buddhist temple, in Hiraizumi.

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