Japan Day celebrated at Milan expo with Tohoku parade

A gigantic "waraji" straw sandal used in the Fukushima Waraji Festival is exhibited at Expo Milano on July 11, 2015, designated as Japan Day at the international fair in Milan, Italy. Fukushima and other parts of the Tohoku region in northeastern Japan were devastated by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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