Fireworks at World Heritage site in central Japan

Fireworks at World Heritage site in central Japan

A fireworks festival is held on Aug. 26, 2019 at Shichirimihama beach, part of a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site called the Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range, in Kumano in Mie Prefecture, central Japan. About 80,000 people attended the event where some 10,000 fireworks were set off. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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