Busy making kites for New Year

Busy making kites for New Year

Yoshihiro Takeuchi (L) and his wife Hideko are busy making New Year kites in their workshop in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka on Dec 8. Kite-flying is a traditional winter activity in Japan, especially during the New Year holiday. Takeuchi gets 3,000 orders a year from across Japan, 70 percent of them during the year-end season. ==Kyodo

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