Guinness record eyed for No. of talisman dolls hung for good weather

Students at Takase Junior High School in Ikeda, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, work on Oct. 23, 2015, to hang 11,744 "teruteru bozu" cloth dolls used as talismans praying for fine weather in a bid for registration as a Guinness world record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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