Japan's temples to open their doors as tourist lodging

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The lodgings offered through Wa-Qoo will include this temple in Shiga Prefecture.  (Photo by Aya Onishi)

MITSURU OBE, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japanese temples are offering their facilities as tourist accommodation, an initiative aimed at wooing foreigners to rural Japan.

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