"Hanagasa Festival" starts in Yamagata

"Hanagasa Festival" starts in Yamagata

Holding shades and wearing summer kimono, or yukata, women dance down the main street of the northeastern Japan city of Yamagata on Aug. 5, 2017, when the annual "Hanagasa Festival" started. The organizers expect around 900,000 people to attend the festival, which runs through Aug. 7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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