Fireworks festival at World Heritage site in Kumano

Fireworks festival at World Heritage site in Kumano

A beach, part of the Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range, and registered as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site in Kumano, Mie Prefecture, central Japan, hosts a fireworks show on Aug. 17, 2017. Organizers said about 120,000 people attended the event where some 10,000 fireworks were set off. (Multiple exposure photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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