Festival held in disaster-hit northeastern Japan town

Men in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, carry a portable shrine on Oct. 11, 2015, during a joint festival conducted by two Shinto shrines in the northeastern Japanese city ravaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The festival is held every five years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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