Traditional Yokote Kamakura Festival to start

Traditional Yokote Kamakura Festival to start

A couple pose inside a snow hut with a heart-shaped entrance, made especially for Valentine's Day, at a square near the city office building in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2017, during a photo event before the two-day Yokote Kamakura Festival, which has a history of about 450 years, begins the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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