Scarecrow festival in northeastern Japan

Locally made scarecrows resembling Major League Baseball players Shohei Ohtani (C) and Yusei Kikuchi (R) are displayed with about 80 others at a scarecrow festival in Shiwa in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sep. 4, 2024.

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