Residents set up 7,000 plastic-bottle pinwheels

Residents set up 7,000 plastic-bottle pinwheels

NAKABARU, Japan - People in the town of Nakabaru, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, set up some 7,000 pinwheels made from plastic bottles over the Shozu River. The town began the annual event last year as a publicity campaign for its seasonal ''wind festival.''

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