Elderly univ. student takes up Hakata festival for graduation thesis

Elderly univ. student takes up Hakata festival for graduation thesis

Mariko Doi, a 64-year-old student of Kyushu Women's University, shows pictures and other materials on July 2, 2015, which she has gathered to write about the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, as her graduation thesis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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