Hakata Yamagasa reaches climax with decorative float rush

Hakata Yamagasa reaches climax with decorative float rush

FUKUOKA, Japan - Young men carrying a decorative float on their shoulders run at full speed in the yard of Kushida Shrine in the city of Fukuoka, Kyushu, on the morning of July 15. The bearing of the floats called ''yamagasa'' to the shrine is the climax of the 15-day Hakata Yamagasa festival.

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