Children's Day event in disaster-hit Yamada

Children's Day event in disaster-hit Yamada

YAMADA, Japan - People attend an event to celebrate the Children's Day holiday on May 5, 2011, at Yamada Hachimangu, a Shinto shrine in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster. The event was organized by the head priest of the shrine to encourage children affected by the disaster.

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