Lantern festival in quake-hit Hokkaido town

Lantern festival in quake-hit Hokkaido town

Fireworks are set off as five thousand ice candles burn during a lantern festival in the town of Atsuma, Hokkaido, on Feb. 2, 2019, in memory of the 36 people killed in a powerful earthquake the previous year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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