Well-wishers light candles at shrine in western Japan

Well-wishers light candles at shrine in western Japan

HASHIMOTO, Japan - Well-wishers light candles during a festival at Hikari-sanbo-kojin shrine in Hashimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 3, 2014. (Kyodo)

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