Crowd gathers for tuna-filleting show in northern Japan

Crowd gathers for tuna-filleting show in northern Japan

AOMORI, Japan - A large crowd of people watch a show to fillet a huge tuna during a "maguro" (tuna) festival on Oct. 25, 2014, in Oma, a town in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, known for its traditional pole-and-line fishing.

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