Urban Animal Album

Urban Animal Album

OSAKA, Japan - A Japanese monkey stretches out its hand to eat flowers placed at a grave in Kyoto on March 22, 2014 during the spring equinox week.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001201051
  • Registered date
  • 2014/6/12 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2014 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 2692 × 3968 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.07(MB)*
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