Annual 'rice-cake lifting' competition held at Daigo Temple

Annual 'rice-cake lifting' competition held at Daigo Temple

KYOTO, Japan - A woman attempts to lift huge rice cakes weighing 90 kilograms during an annual ''rice-cake lifting'' competition in the compound of Daigoji Temple in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward on Feb. 23.

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