Kamakura Festival to be held in Akita

Kamakura Festival to be held in Akita

YOKOTE, Japan - Children roast rice cakes in one of the over 100 igloo-like snow huts called ''kamakura'' in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 14, one day before the two-day Kamakura Festival begins. (Kyodo)

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