Akita women to apply for "largest thread ball" record with Guinness

Toshiko Abe, 71, head of an association preserving Yurihonjo folk crafts, makes stitches on a thread ball, measuring 2.16 meters in diameter and weighing 440 kilograms, in Yurihonjo, Akita Prefecture in northeastern Japan, in March 2015. A group of local women led by Abe spent about half a year creating the ball with a firework motif, using the techniques of Honjo Gotemmari, a thread ball and local folk art. They plan to apply to Guinness World Records for recognition as the world's largest thread ball. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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