Gion Festival connects Kyoto and disaster-hit Miyagi

KYOTO, Japan - Former Iwanuma Mayor Tsuneaki Iguchi (R) stands in front of a 3-meter-diameter ring, made of rice straw from the northeastern Japanese city in Miyagi Prefecture, in Kyoto City on July 16, 2014, the eve of a procession of the "yamahoko" floats during the Gion Festival.

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