By Olivier Fabre
NUMATA, Japan, Dec 5 (Reuters Life!) - These days, Japanese hills are alive with the sound of road music.
Authorities hoping to attract more tourists through scenic mountain passes have created three highways that hum a tune as you drive by.
Created by the friction between the tyres and nearly 2,600 unevenly spaced ridges and tracks etched onto the road surface, the sound is not necessarily music to everyone's ears.
On one of the ...
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