are areas or zones designated by the Japan Tourism Agency from 2008. As of April 2009, 30 Tourism Areas are located throughout Japan. The Japan Tourism Agency set the law in 2008 regarding this area to support and promote more synergistic activities among local governments, tourism associations, tourism industries and local hotels and other local organizations and individuals. Tourism Areas may promote Visit Japan Campaign hosted by Japanese government through Japan Tourism Agency and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Features Tourism Areas is featured with natural sites, World Heritage Site, old Japanese cultural site, Onsen locations and others as attractive place for tourists. Each area is named in Japanese with mixture of kanji, hiragana and katakana ending with 観光圏. Each area also have their own advertising slogans or catch phrases to represent natural features and hospitality of local people. Most Tourism Areas also promote local people to learn more English, Chinese language, Korean language and other languages for better communication for tourists from countries worldwide. Approved Tourism Areas Approved Tourism Areas name with advertising slogan in literal translation (unofficial), with its official naming and advertising slogan list in Japanese. (Some Tourism Area does not claim advertising slogan.) Hokkaido Furano and Biei wide Tourism Area : Traveling as if like live short time-Rural vacation road (: ) Shiretoko Peninsula (World Heritage Site) Tourism Area : Traveling to invite more unknown () Sapporo wide Tourism Area : For Either City or nature people, welcome! to Sapporo area () HakodateTourism Area: --- () Kushiro Marsh, Lake Akan and Lake Mashū Tourism Area: --- () Tohoku New Aomori and Lake Towada wide Tourism Area :--- () Glittering Sea of Japan Uetsu (West half of Yamagata Prefecture) Tourism Area : Sea of Japan, gods of mountains, river run and hospitality through meal () Date (dandy) wide Tourism Area : Travel with stay in slow life and dandy time () Aizu and Yonezawa wide Tourism Area : Unchanged warmth mind and variety of joys - Aizu Yonezawa thousand of cloister walkway () Fukushima Tourism Area : Kind and warmth mind of nature () happy and happy ♪ flowery Yamagata Tourism Area: --- () Kanto Nikko (World Heritage Site) Tourism Area : --- () Mito and Hitachi Tourism Area : Your sky and soil () South Boso district Tourism Area : Travel of family's time - Weaving of sea side and satoyama- South Boso communication