{"id":11541,"date":"2020-01-23T07:59:22","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T06:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=11541"},"modified":"2025-11-20T09:19:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T08:19:30","slug":"japanese-city-asks-tourists-to-stop-sand-graffiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2020\/01\/japanese-city-asks-tourists-to-stop-sand-graffiti\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese City Asks Tourists to Stop ‘Sand Graffiti’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

B1 – Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

City officials of Tottori are asking tourists to avoid writing messages and pictures in the sand of its giant sand dunes. More than 3,300 cases of ‘sand graffiti’ happened at this tourist spot in the last 10 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the article below to know more about this new rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/breakingnewsenglish.com\/1905\/190525-tottori-sand-dunes-1.html<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. What do you think of the city’s new rule to prohibit graffitis on sand dunes?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Share your opinion on this: Graffiti damages the dunes. It ruins the pleasure people get in looking at them. <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. What do you think of the tourists’ actions?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. What rules should tourists follow when they are visiting National reserves such as the Tottori Sand Dunes?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Would you be interested to visit the Tottori Sand Dunes? Why or why not?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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