3-day Shinjo Festival begins

3-day Shinjo Festival begins

Twenty decorated floats are drawn through a street in Shinjo, Yamagata Prefecture, on Aug. 24, 2017, the first day of the three-day Shinjo Festival that dates back 260 years and was one of 33 Japanese float festivals added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list in December 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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