Tohoku Rokkon Festival

SENDAI, Japan - Nebuta float (front) from Aomori Prefecture and ''Kanto'' lanterns (back) from Akita Prefecture are exhibited at the Sendai city office in Miyagi Prefecture on July 16, 2011, the first day of the two-day Tohoku Rokkon (six souls) Festival. The major festivals of the six prefectures in the Tohoku region, northeastern Japan, are jointly held in the hope of recovering from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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