Girl power at Osaka summer festival

Girl power at Osaka summer festival

Osaka, Japan - Young Japanese women carry a ''mikoshi'' portable shrine as they march through a local shopping area in Osaka during an event July 23, 2010, ahead of the Tenjin summer festival. A total of 120 women, with the average age of 21, had been selected from some 400 applicants after a physical test using a 70-kilogram weight.

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