Annual sand festival opens in southwestern Japan

Annual sand festival opens in southwestern Japan

A sand sculpture of a mermaid is displayed at the annual Sand Festa in Minamisatsuma in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on its opening day on May 1, 2016. With the theme of "gifts from the sea," the festival, featuring about 110 sand sculptures by Japanese and foreign sculptors as well as local students, will run through May 31. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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