JR West's tourism ambassador to promote Tottori, Shimane

JR West's tourism ambassador to promote Tottori, Shimane

YONAGO, Japan - Nana Gobyo (C), a 28-year-old TV and radio personality from Shimane Prefecture's Matsue, is named special ambassador by West Japan Railway Co.'s Yonago branch on March 18, 2014, to promote tourism in Tottori and Shimane prefectures, western Japan, for one year.

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