Arctic policy of the European Union in 1973 and Sweden and Finland in 1995). The European Union's application to become a “permanent observer” in the Arctic Council was blocked in 2009 by Canada in response to the European Union's ban on the importation of seal products. The Arctic is an area of growing strategic importance. The European Union supports the successful Arctic co-operation and in helping to meet the challenges that now confront the region. The European Union is the world's strongest proponent of greater international efforts to fight climate change. It has three (and if the accession of Iceland to the European Union occurs, potentially
Fushimi Inari-taisha Line of the Keihan Electric Railway. The shrine is open 24 hours with both the approach to the shrine and the itself illuminated all night. There is no entrance fee. In the approach to the shrine are a number of sweet shops selling , a form of fortune cookie dating at least to the 19th century, and which are believed by some to be the origin of the Chinese-American fortune cookie. A part of the Noh play "Kokaji" takes place in "Fushimi Inari-taisha". Fushimi Inari-taisha First and foremost, Inari is the god of rice, but merchants and manufacturers have traditionally