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Bringing a piece of Japan to Cyprus
June 6, 2022
A series of events to mark 60 years of diplomatic relations between Japan and Cyprus aims to lead to many more, ALIX NORMAN finds
Nine thousand kilometres from Cyprus, Japan is almost the other side of the world. Instead of olive trees, there’s cherry blossom. Where the Land of the Rising Sun boasts a plethora of ancient temples (including the Kofuku-ji of Nara and Osaka’s Hokoku Shrine) we get the Sanctuary of Apollo and the Temple of Aphrodite. And, rather Mount Fuji, we get – the albeit smaller and far less famed! – Mount Olympos.