Huge floats feature at Goshogawara festival

Huge floats feature at Goshogawara festival

GOSHOGAWARA, Japan - Huge doll lantern floats are carried through a shopping street in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, on Aug. 4 in an annual five-day festival that began the same day.

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