Oarai Anglerfish Festival draws large crowd

Oarai Anglerfish Festival draws large crowd

MITO, Japan - A local cook demonstrates how to cut an anglerfish while the fish is hung up on a triangular stand in front of a large crowd during the Oarai Anglerfish Festival in the town of Oarai, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Nov. 16, 2014.

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