Fukushima 'Hula Girl' dancers celebrate 50yr history

Fukushima 'Hula Girl' dancers celebrate 50yr history

IWAKI, Japan - Alumni of a training school for "Hula Girl" dancers of Spa Resort Hawaiians, a hot spring theme park in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, gather on Sept. 30, 2014, to celebrate the founding of the school in 1965. (Kyodo)

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