Giant rice cake-lifting festival at Kyoto temple

Giant rice cake-lifting festival at Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - A female participant lifts a 90-kilogram rice cake during a "mocha-age" lifting competition at Daigo-ji, a temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Feb. 23, 2014. The annual event is held to wish for good health.

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