Carp streamers in tsunami-hit Minamisoma

Carp streamers in tsunami-hit Minamisoma

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A couple who lost their son in the March 11, 2011, tsunami look up at carp streamers flying in the air on April 28 in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, hoping to find their son soon. Putting up carp streamers outside homes is a tradition around Children's Day on May 5 in Japan.

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