Jumbo taro-boiling cauldron for 30,000

Jumbo taro-boiling cauldron for 30,000

YAMAGATA, Japan - A jumbo steel cauldron six meters in diameter filled with boiled taro, or starchy tuberous rootstocks, is served to more than 30,000 at a festival in Yamagata, northern Japan, on Sept. 5. Shovels were used to serve the boiled taro.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001079322
  • Registered date
  • 1999/9/05 00:00:00
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  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 1999 Kyodo News
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  • 1864 × 2457 pixel
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  • 1.69(MB)*
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