Saga high school wins award in flower-arranging contest

KYOTO, Japan - A team of students from Karatsu Minami High School in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, poses behind their work that won an excellent award in the national high school flower arrangement competition in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 16, 2014.

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