Mud festival held in Kochi for good harvest

Mud festival held in Kochi for good harvest

KOCHI, Japan - A girl puts mud on the face of a foreign man in a mud festival held in Kochi, Kochi Prefecture, on April 5 prior to rice planting. Participants hoped for a good harvest and health.

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