bitcoin: If people in other countries make donation through bitcoin in a casual manner, it's possible that they will start forming attachments to Hirosaki and maybe think about visiting one day, he said, according to The Japan Times. While cross-border money transfers through banks take time and can be expensive, sending bitcoin from overseas is easy, quick and almost free of charge. The main purpose of the plan, which is seeking donations via the blockchain technology to help take care of about 2,600 cherry trees and the stone wall of Hirosaki Castle, is actually to promote the city by creating an easy donation platform that will hopefully incentivise those who make contributions to visit the city, said Kenji Suzuki, a Hirosaki city official. Thus, bitcoin is an easy way to collect donations from people in other countries. According to Suzuki, it costs about several tens of millions of yen to maintain the cherry trees and about 200 million to take care of the stone wall annually. He added that the city is not in desperate need for cash, so the project is mainly a tourism promotion using a new technology.
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