Man cuts rope during harvest festival on Amami-Oshima

Man cuts rope during harvest festival on Amami-Oshima

AMAMI, Japan - A man wearing a lion mask cuts the rope during the traditional "Honen Odori" festival to pray for a good harvest in the town of Setouchi on Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 8, 2014.

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