Mayor addresses opening ceremony for festival in Akita, northern Japan

Mayor addresses opening ceremony for festival in Akita, northern Japan

Akita Mayor Motomu Hozumi delivers a speech at an opening ceremony for the Tohoku Rokkon (six-soul) Festival in Akita, on May 30, 2015, featuring summer festivals of six prefectures in the Tohoku region in northeastern Japan to pray for recovery from the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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