Nagano's Wuthering Heights

thomas · Jan 20, 2003, 19:48

Japanese find novel way to relax with Bront� Day

YORKSHIRE'S most famous writers are to be honoured with a public holiday for some of their biggest fans.

The Anglophile Japanese of the Nagano region have decided to stage a regional bank holiday on June 6 to commemorate the Bront� sisters. Charlotte, Emily and Anne are revered in Japan, and every schoolchild has read their classic novels set on the bleak Yorkshire moorland which the sisters knew so well. Haworth, where the sisters spent most of their lives, is a magnet for Japanese tourists with about 6,500 visiting each year.
The Bront�s are especially well known in Nagano, which hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics, as its people have a passion for all things English from fish and chips to cottage gardens.

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Jan 20, 2003, 19:48	#1
thomas Decommissioned ex-admin Join Date: Mar 14, 2002 Posts: 4,209	Nagano's Wuthering Heights Japanese find novel way to relax with Bront� Day YORKSHIRE'S most famous writers are to be honoured with a public holiday for some of their biggest fans. The Anglophile Japanese of the Nagano region have decided to stage a regional bank holiday on June 6 to commemorate the Bront� sisters. Charlotte, Emily and Anne are revered in Japan, and every schoolchild has read their classic novels set on the bleak Yorkshire moorland which the sisters knew so well. Haworth, where the sisters spent most of their lives, is a magnet for Japanese tourists with about 6,500 visiting each year. The Bront�s are especially well known in Nagano, which hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics, as its people have a passion for all things English from fish and chips to cottage gardens. => http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/View...FrontMore.aspx __________________ Remember what the dormouse said, feed your head, feed your head!

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