Tourists with local mascot at Yamanashi maglev center

Tourists with local mascot at Yamanashi maglev center

KOFU, Japan - Visitors to the Yamanashi Prefectural Maglev Exhibition Center in Tsuru in the central Japanese prefecture pose for a photo with one of the local mascots from seven prefectures along the maglev Chuo Shinkansen line project on Nov. 8, 2014.

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