Woman leads project to put hometown on Guinness list

Woman leads project to put hometown on Guinness list

KUSHIRO, Japan - Ayako Maura, a graphic designer and leader of a civic group that organizes local events to challenge Guinness records and help promote her hometown, poses on July 7, 2014, at her home in Obihiro in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido.

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