Curator explains carved wooden bears at museum in their birthplace

Shigeyuki Oya, a curator at a museum of carved wooden bears in Yakumo on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, talks about a piece of the craftwork on May 22, 2015. The town is known as the birthplace of such wooden bears. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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