Swedish comic Moomin exhibition in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Visitors look at a georama of Moomin Vally at an exhibition featuring the comic Moomin family at Abeno Harukas, Japan's tallest building, in Osaka, western Japan, on Dec. 11, 2014. This year marks the birth centennial of comic author Tove Jansson, a Swedish-speaking Finnish novelist and illustrator.

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