Paper dianosaurs 'gaze down' at people at Ueno Station

TOKYO, Japan - Handmade decorative paper dinosaurs made of "washi" Japanese paper produced in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, "look down" at people passing through a concourse at JR Ueno Station in Tokyo on July 16, 2014. The dinosaurs will be exhibited through July 22 to promote traditional craft and tourism resources of the western Japan prefecture facing the Sea of Japan.

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