Sendai Tanabata Festival shown at Tohoku Rokkon Festival

Sendai Tanabata Festival shown at Tohoku Rokkon Festival

A Sendai Tanabata (star) Festival parade is staged in Akita, Japan, on May 30, 2015, during the Tohoku Rokkon (six souls) Festival. The annual event started in 2011 features summer festivals of six prefectures in the Tohoku region in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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