Japan-S. Korea festival in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - People from Miyazaki Prefecture in southwestern Japan stage the ''Shiwasu Matsuri,'' a 1,300-year-old local festival derived from a folk tale about an ancient state's royal family on the Korean Peninsula, on the last day of the ''Nikkan Koryu Omatsuri'' (Japan-South Korean Exchange Festival) in Seoul on Oct. 3, 2010.

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