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Local-made snow lanterns in Sapporo

Children are surrounded by flickering candle lights during an annual winter event featuring 1,000 lanterns made of snow at Jozankei Shrine in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 30, 2023.

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Local-made snow lanterns in Sapporo

Visitors stroll the grounds illuminated by flickering candle lights during an annual winter event featuring 1,000 lanterns made of snow at Jozankei Shrine in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 30, 2023.

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Dolls for girls' happiness

NAGANO, Japan - Lanterns are lit in the shape of a heart as about 1,000 "hina" dolls, ornamental dolls used to pray for girls' happiness, are displayed in an event in Suzaka, Nagano Prefecture, on Jan. 30, 2014.

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1,000 women dance in Kumamoto festival

KUMAMOTO, Japan - About 1,000 women clad in cotton summer kimono with paper lanterns on their heads dance at the traditional "Sennin Toro Odori" in Yamaga, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 16, 2014.