Hydrangeas festival in western Japan

Hydrangeas festival in western Japan

Miko shrine maidens perform a Japanese sacred dance with hydrangeas during an annual festival of the flower at Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on June 14, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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