12 Castles with Original Donjons

You can see lots of Donjons, Tenshu, in Japan. A donjon is a main tower of a castle. Himeji Castle Donjon would be the most famous one. Like the castle, only 12 donjons have still remained in original conditions in this country. Others are once destroyed in some reasons and rebuild in modern era. 

The 12 castles are Hirosaki, Matsumoto, Maruoka, Inuyama, Hikone, Himeji, Matsue, Bicchu Matsuyama, Marugame, Matsuyama, Kochi and Uwahima. These 12 cities with the original donjons are planning to make an alliance called "Existing 12-Castle Donjon Alliance ". 

They want to attract more foreign tourists with an eye to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games. 

I think the concept is good, but that kind of project lead by politicians often wouldn't go well in the end. Using the web efficiently would be the key to success. I believe that inviting many YouTubers and bloggers is a good for boosting popularity of tourists. 

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Foreign Tourists

According a news paper, the number of foreign tourists have been increasing in recent years. I think famous sightseeing cities like Kyoto or Tokyo have got lots of visitors from all over the world. 

On the other hand, my city, Matsue, is suffering from decreasing foreign tourists. That decrease is because we don't have convenient public transportation system.  

If we have Shinkansen line here, we would have more foreign travelers. I hope Shinkansen line comes here soon.