When it comes to bait for tourists, few places have anything quite as quirky as this town in Japan. Shimabara, near Nagasaki in the far south-west of the country, reels in visitors with fish-filled drains. The street-side channels boast water so pure that colourful koi carp swim around in them. Known as Koi-No-Oyogo-Machi - or the City of Swimming Carp - Shimabara boasts dozens of natural water springs that gush and trickle around the town, with the carp introduced by the authorities in 1978. It's not often tourists flock to a town's drainage system to see its contents, but Shimabara's koi carp – a revered fish in Japan – make for a relaxing distraction.

Source: Daily Mail March 24, 2020 10:43 UTC