Yonezawa Uesugi festival

Yonezawa Uesugi festival

YAMAGATA, Japan - People reenact one of the famous Battles of Kawanakajima between rival warlords Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen in the mid-16th century as part of the Yonezawa Uesugi festival in Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture, on May 3, 2014.

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