History Village

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History Village was a failed museum, which was part of a much larger tourism initiative in the Japanese city of Yūbari on the island of Hokkaidō. A former coal mining town, Yūbari has been stranded with $500 million worth of debt after Tokyo cut funding for its projects.

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NY Times "Japan’s Hinterland Withers as Tokyo Cuts Off Aid" by Norimitsu Onishi. Jan 27, 2007.