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Yamagata Hanagasa Festival

YAMAGATA, Japan, Aug. 5 Kyodo - Children dance during the Yamagata Hanagasa Festival in the northeastern Japanese city of Yamagata on Aug. 5, 2015. (Kyodo)

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Japan tourism promotion event in New York

Dancers perform the Hanagasa Odori traditional folk dance of Japan's Yamagata Prefecture during a tourism promotion event at Japan Village in New York on Aug. 31, 2024.

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Tohoku Kizuna Festival in Sendai

Dancers of Yamagata Prefecture's Hanagasa festival troupe fill a street of downtown Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture during the Tohoku Kizuna Festival on June 9, 2024. The event features parades involving six northeastern Japan prefectures, with the aim of revitalizing the region following the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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Festival in northeastern Japan

Women dance during the traditional Yamagata Hanagasa Festival on Aug. 5, 2023, in Yamagata, northeastern Japan.

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Festival in northeastern Japan

Women dance during the traditional Yamagata Hanagasa Festival on Aug. 5, 2023, in Yamagata, northeastern Japan.

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Festival in northeastern Japan

Women dance during the traditional Yamagata Hanagasa Festival on Aug. 5, 2023, in Yamagata, northeastern Japan.

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Yamagata students stage 'Hanagasa Odori' dance in HK

HONG KONG, China - Students from Yamagata University in northern Japan's Yamagata Prefecture perform the traditional "Hanagasa Odori" dance with straw hats decorated with flowers during the International Chinese New Year Night Parade in Hong Kong, China, on Jan. 31, 2014.

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Hanagasa Festival starts in Yamagata

YAMAGATA, Japan - People dance in the main street of the northeastern Japanese city of Yamagata on Aug. 5, 2014, as the Hanagasa Festival started there. Around 13,000 people from 150 groups will take part in the dancing during the three-day festival.

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Hanagasa Festival starts in Yamagata

YAMAGATA, Japan - People dance in the main street of the northeastern Japanese city of Yamagata on Aug. 5, 2014, as the Hanagasa Festival started there. Around 13,000 people from 150 groups will take part in the dancing during the three-day festival.

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Tohoku Rokkon Festival

SENDAI, Japan - Dancers of the Hanagasa Festival of Yamagata Prefecture leave an area at Tohoku Rokkon (six souls) Festival in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 16, 2011, the first day of the two-day festival, as they were not able to finish their scheduled performance because of the overflowing crowd. The major festivals of the six prefectures in the Tohoku region, northeastern Japan, are jointly held in the hope of recovering from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Festival in Yamagata, Japan

Women wearing face masks for protection against the coronavirus dance during the traditional Yamagata Hanagasa Festival on Aug. 5, 2022, in Yamagata, northeastern Japan.

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Festival in Yamagata, Japan

Women wearing face masks for protection against the coronavirus dance during the traditional Yamagata Hanagasa Festival on Aug. 5, 2022, in Yamagata, northeastern Japan.

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Festival in Yamagata, Japan

Women wearing face masks for protection against the coronavirus dance during the traditional Yamagata Hanagasa Festival on Aug. 5, 2022, in Yamagata, northeastern Japan.

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Yamagata Hanagasa Festival

Women dance during the Yamagata Hanagasa Festival in the northeastern Japanese city of Yamagata on Aug. 5, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yamagata Hanagasa Festival

Children dance during the Yamagata Hanagasa Festival in the northeastern Japanese city of Yamagata on Aug. 5, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yamagata Hanagasa Festival

Women dance during the Yamagata Hanagasa Festival in the northeastern Japanese city of Yamagata on Aug. 5, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Day celebrated at Milan expo

Dancers from Japan's Yamagata Prefecture holding "hanagasa" flower hats adorned with safflowers perform at the food-themed Expo Milano in Milan, Italy, on July 11, 2015, as part of a Japan Day event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Day celebrated at Milan expo

Dancers from Japan's Yamagata Prefecture holding "hanagasa" flower hats adorned with safflowers perform at the food-themed Expo Milano in Milan, Italy, on July 11, 2015, as part of a Japan Day event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yamagata Hanagasa Festival staged at Tohoku Rokkon Festival

A Yamagata Hanagasa (flower hat) Festival parade is staged in Akita, Japan, on May 30, 2015, during the Tohoku Rokkon (six souls) Festival, featuring summer festivals of six prefectures in the Tohoku region in northeastern Japan, to pray for the recovery of the earthquake-hit region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dancing women

Three young women dance to the music of the shamisen wearing hats adorned with flowers. Two wear striped kimonos and Japanese socks and the other wears sandals in the style of a yakko (valet). They all wear towels around the neck. The music may be Hanagasa Ondo. In the background are seen sake barrels, but this is a dramatized photograph taken outside.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number6‐35‐0]

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Women performing Hanagasa Dancing

A gala procession unfolds in the style of furyuodori dance. The people wear opulent attire and dance on festive or ritual occasions. Furyuodori expresses gratitude and prayers for abundant crops. It was performed to melodies and rhythms of festive music. Dancers hold hanagasa floral umbrellas and wear floral bamboo hats.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number84‐27‐0]

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Singaporean 'ambassador' for Tohoku

TOKYO, Japan - Singaporean university students participate in the Yamagata Hanagasa Festival in the city of Yamagata on Aug. 5, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Tohoku Rokkon Festival

SENDAI, Japan - Dancers of the Hanagasa Festival of Yamagata Prefecture leave an area at Tohoku Rokkon (six souls) Festival in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 16, 2011, the first day of the two-day festival, as they were not able to finish their scheduled performance because of the overflowing crowd. The major festivals of the six prefectures in the Tohoku region, northeastern Japan, are jointly held in the hope of recovering from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Hanagasa Festival starts in Yamagata

YAMAGATA, Japan - People dance in the main street of the northeastern Japanese city of Yamagata on Aug. 5, 2014, as the Hanagasa Festival started there. Around 13,000 people from 150 groups will take part in the dancing during the three-day festival. (Kyodo)

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Traditional festival in Yamagata, Japan

Women dance during the traditional Yamagata Hanagasa Festival on Aug. 5, 2019, in Yamagata, northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional festival in Yamagata, Japan

Women dance during the traditional Yamagata Hanagasa Festival on Aug. 5, 2019, in Yamagata, northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional festival in Yamagata, Japan

Women dance during the traditional Yamagata Hanagasa Festival on Aug. 5, 2019, in Yamagata, northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aoyama Festival in Tokyo

Members of the Yamagata Hanagasa (flower hat) Festival troupe perform during the Aoyama Festival parade in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Hanagasa Festival" starts in Yamagata

Holding shades and wearing summer kimono, or yukata, women dance down the main street of the northeastern Japan city of Yamagata on Aug. 5, 2017, when the annual "Hanagasa Festival" started. The organizers expect around 900,000 people to attend the festival, which runs through Aug. 7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Hanagasa Festival" starts in Yamagata

Holding shades and wearing summer kimono, or yukata, women dance down the main street of the northeastern Japan city of Yamagata on Aug. 5, 2017, when the annual "Hanagasa Festival" started. The organizers expect around 900,000 people to attend the festival, which runs through Aug. 7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Hanagasa Festival" starts in Yamagata

Holding shades and wearing summer kimono, or yukata, women dance down the main street of the northeastern Japan city of Yamagata on Aug. 5, 2017, when the annual "Hanagasa Festival" started. The organizers expect around 900,000 people to attend the festival, which runs through Aug. 7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hanagasa Festival begins in Yamagata

Dancers fill the street in the northeastern Japan city of Yamagata on Aug. 5, 2016, as the Hanagasa Festival begins for a three-day run. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo