World Heritage art event eyed at Kyoto's Nijo Castle

TOKYO, Japan - Producer Hidetomo Kimura (L), actress Aya Ueto (C) and Kyoto Mayor Daisaku Kadokawa attend a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 25, 2014, announcing an art festival will be held in the courtyard of Nijo Castle in Kyoto from Oct. 24 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the registration of the western Japanese city's historic monuments on the World Heritage list.

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