Nebuta Festival gets under way

Nebuta Festival gets under way

AOMORI, Japan - Spectators look at large paper-made floats paraded on streets in Aomori, northern Honshu, on Aug. 2 as the famous annual ''Nebuta matsuri'' (festival) began the same day for a six-day run.

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