100-meter-long carp streamer

100-meter-long carp streamer

KAZO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a 100-meter-long carp streamer flying from a giant crane over the bed of the Tone River in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2013, as many people view it from the ground. Putting up carp streamers outside homes is a tradition around Children's Day on May 5 in Japan to wish for children's healthy growth.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001182090
  • Registered date
  • 2013/5/03 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2013 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 3968 × 2462 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.88(MB)*
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