'Ambulance' for tourists in Tottori Sand Dunes

'Ambulance' for tourists in Tottori Sand Dunes

TOTTORI, Japan - An agricultural vehicle remodeled as an "ambulance" to carry tourists in need for urgent care due to heat disorders in the Tottori Sand Dunes in Tottori City, western Japan, is pictured in June 2014.

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