Canoe off to Oki Islands, global geopark

Canoe off to Oki Islands, global geopark

OSAKA, Japan - Members of a citizens' group in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, leave for one of the Oki Islands, off the western Japanese city, in a canoe on June 27, 2014, to better publicize the islands, designated as a global geopark the previous year.

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