Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo)

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