Kintaikyo Bridge lit up

Kintaikyo Bridge lit up

IWAKUNI, Japan - The Kintaikyo Bridge, a popular tourist spot in Yamaguchi Prefecture that has undergone the first major face-lifting in half a century, is lit up in seven colors on March 19 in a rehearsal of a ceremony marking the completion of the work on March 20.

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