Sansa Odori Festival starts in Morioka

Sansa Odori Festival starts in Morioka

"Taiko" drummers wearing Japanese summer kimono or yukata parade through a street in Morioka, in northeastern Japan's Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 1, 2017, the opening day of the four-day Morioka Sansa Odori Festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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