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Huge carp streamer in eastern Japan

KAZO, Japan, May 3 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a carp streamer, about 100 meters long and weighing around 330 kilograms, flying over the Tone River in the Saitama Prefecture city of Kazo, eastern Japan, on May 3, 2026, ahead of Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo)

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Huge carp streamer in eastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a carp streamer, about 100 meters long and weighing around 330 kilograms, flying over the Tone River in the Saitama Prefecture city of Kazo, eastern Japan, on May 3, 2026, ahead of Children's Day on May 5.

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Huge carp streamer in eastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a carp streamer, about 100 meters long and weighing around 330 kilograms, flying over the Tone River in the Saitama Prefecture city of Kazo, eastern Japan, on May 3, 2026, ahead of Children's Day on May 5.

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Huge carp streamer in eastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a carp streamer, about 100 meters long and weighing around 330 kilograms, flying over the Tone River in the Saitama Prefecture city of Kazo, eastern Japan, on May 3, 2026, ahead of Children's Day on May 5.

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Huge carp streamer in eastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a carp streamer, about 100 meters long and weighing around 330 kilograms, flying over the Tone River in the Saitama Prefecture city of Kazo, eastern Japan, on May 3, 2023, ahead of Children's Day on May 5.

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Huge carp streamer in eastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a carp streamer, about 100 meters long and weighing around 330 kilograms, flying over the Tone River in the Saitama Prefecture city of Kazo, eastern Japan, on May 3, 2023, ahead of Children's Day on May 5.

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Huge carp streamer in eastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a carp streamer, about 100 meters long and weighing around 330 kilograms, flying over the Tone River in the Saitama Prefecture city of Kazo, eastern Japan, on May 3, 2023, ahead of Children's Day on May 5.

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Huge carp streamer in eastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a carp streamer, about 100 meters long and weighing around 330 kilograms, flying over the Tone River in the Saitama Prefecture city of Kazo, eastern Japan, on May 3, 2023, ahead of Children's Day on May 5.

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Jumbo carp streamer flies over Tone River

TOKYO, Japan - A 100-meter long carp streamer blows in the wind over the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2014. About 115,000 people visited to see the jumbo carp streamer. The city is known for Japan's largest production of carp streamers, which are traditionally flown in Japan to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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Jumbo carp streamer flies over Tone River

TOKYO, Japan - A 100-meter long carp streamer blows in the wind over the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2014. About 115,000 people visited to see the jumbo carp streamer. The city is known for Japan's largest production of carp streamers, which are traditionally flown in Japan to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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Jumbo carp streamer unveiled in Saitama Pref.

KAZO, Japan - A fourth-generation jumbo carp streamer is unveiled at a ceremony in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on March 21, 2014. The 100-meter long streamer, made of polyester and weighing 330 kilograms, will replace the third-generation one made in 2003 and "swim" the skies every May in conjunction with the annual boy's festival.

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100-meter-long carp streamer

KAZO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a 100-meter-long carp streamer flying from a giant crane over the bed of the Tone River in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2013, as many people view it from the ground. Putting up carp streamers outside homes is a tradition around Children's Day on May 5 in Japan to wish for children's healthy growth.

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100-meter-long carp streamer

KAZO, Japan - Photo shows a 100-meter-long carp streamer flying from a giant crane over the bed of the Tone River in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2013. Putting up carp streamers outside homes is a tradition around Children's Day on May 5 in Japan to wish for children's healthy growth.

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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Giant carp streamer put up for Children's Day

KAZO, Japan - Children and their parents look up at a giant carp streamer, 100 meters long, put up by crane in the city of Kazo, north of Tokyo, on May 3 in celebration of the Children's Day on May 5.

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Huge carp streamer in eastern Japan

Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a carp streamer as long as 100 meters hung up on a river in the Saitama Prefecture city of Kazo, eastern Japan, on May 3, 2022. About 10,000 people gathered for the annual event not held in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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JAPAN-SAITAMA-CHILDREN'S DAY-KOINOBORI

(220505) -- SAITAMA, May 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 5, 2022 shows a carp streamer, known as koinobori, at the Fudobashi of Koshigaya City, Saitama Prefecture in Japan. Japan marks its Children's day on May 5, on which families raise the koinobori to pray for happiness for children. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Huge carp streamer in eastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a carp streamer as long as 100 meters hung up on a river in the Saitama Prefecture city of Kazo, eastern Japan, on May 3, 2022. About 10,000 people gathered for the annual event not held in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Huge carp streamer in eastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a carp streamer as long as 100 meters hung up on a river in the Saitama Prefecture city of Kazo, eastern Japan, on May 3, 2022. About 10,000 people gathered for the annual event not held in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Huge carp streamer in eastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a carp streamer as long as 100 meters hung up on a river in the Saitama Prefecture city of Kazo, eastern Japan, on May 3, 2022. About 10,000 people gathered for the annual event not held in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Huge carp streamer in eastern Japan

A carp streamer as long as 100 meters is hung up on a river in the Saitama Prefecture city of Kazo, eastern Japan, on May 3, 2022. About 10,000 people gathered for the annual event not held in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted ahead of Children's Day in Japan

A jumbo carp streamer, 100 meters long and weighing 330 kilograms, blows in the wind in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2016. Around 115,000 people flocked to the city, known in Japan as one of the largest producers of carp streamers, to watch the banner decorate the landscape in honor of Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted ahead of Children's Day in Japan

A crane hoists a jumbo carp streamer, 100 meters long and weighing 330 kilograms, in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2016. Around 115,000 people flocked to the city, known as one of the largest producers of carp streamers, to watch the banner decorate the landscape in honor of Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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About 100 carp streamers fly over river in Wakayama Pref.

Around 100 carp streamers fly over a river in the town of Kudoyama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on April 3, 2016. The streamers, suspended from two wires strung across the 110-meter-wide river, will be displayed through May 8. The carp streamer is a symbol of the May 5th Children's Day national holiday. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jumbo carp streamer flies over Tone River

A crane hoists a jumbo carp streamer, 100 meters long and weighing 330 kilograms, over the Tone River in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2015. About 115,000 people flocked to the area to see the carp streamer. The city is known in Japan as one of the largest producers of carp streamers, which are traditionally flown in Japan to celebrate Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jumbo carp streamer flies over Tone River

A jumbo carp streamer, 100 meters long and weighing 330 kilograms, blows in the wind over the Tone River in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2015. About 115,000 people flocked to the area to see the carp streamer. The city is known in Japan as one of the largest producers of carp streamers, which are traditionally flown in Japan to celebrate Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jumbo carp streamer flies over Tone River

A jumbo carp streamer, 100 meters long and weighing 330 kilograms, blows in the wind over the Tone River in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2015. About 115,000 people flocked to the area to see the carp streamer. The city is known in Japan as one of the largest producers of carp streamers, which are traditionally flown in Japan to celebrate Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo, Japan - Children's Day Festival - Carp Kites

Children's Day in Japan, held on May 5th. A time for families to celebrate the joy of a child, a tradition celebrated since ancient times. May 5th was traditionally a boy's holiday known as Tango no Sekku, when boys would fly carp-shaped flags and streamers, called koinobori (as depicted on this card). The family flies one carp flag for each son. The eldest son gets the largest flag and the youngest gets the smallest. There is also a black carp flag for the father and a red carp flag for the mother. Date: circa 1910s

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo)

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo)

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo)

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo)

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Giant carp streamer put up for Children's Day

KAZO, Japan - Children and their parents look up at a giant carp streamer, 100 meters long, put up by crane in the city of Kazo, north of Tokyo, on May 3 in celebration of the Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo)

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100-meter-long carp streamer

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a 100-meter-long carp streamer flying from a giant crane over the bed of Tone River in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2011. About 110,000 people, including 120 evacuees from areas close to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant who were invited by the Kazo city government, viewed the streamer. Putting up carp streamers outside homes is a tradition around Children's Day on May 5 in Japan to wish for children's healthy growth. (Kyodo)

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100-meter-long carp streamer

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a 100-meter-long carp streamer flying from a giant crane over the bed of Tone River in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2011. About 110,000 people, including 120 evacuees from areas close to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant who were invited by the Kazo city government, viewed the streamer. Putting up carp streamers outside homes is a tradition around Children's Day on May 5 in Japan to wish for children's healthy growth. (Kyodo)

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New coronavirus

Three brothers pose for a photo with a streamer featuring a Japanese goblin called Amabie in Houki, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on May 10, 2020. Amabie, often used as an amulet against diseases, has recently gone viral on social media amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jumbo carp streamer in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 3, 2019, shows a 100-meter-long carp streamer hoisted by a crane in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo. Carp streamers are traditionally flown to celebrate Children's Day on May 5 in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jumbo carp streamer in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 3, 2019, shows a 100-meter-long carp streamer hoisted by a crane in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo. Carp streamers are traditionally flown to celebrate Children's Day on May 5 in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jumbo carp streamer in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 3, 2019, shows a 100-meter-long carp streamer hoisted by a crane in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo. Carp streamers are traditionally flown to celebrate Children's Day on May 5 in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jumbo carp streamer in Japan

People look up at a 100-meter-long carp streamer hoisted by a crane in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on May 3, 2019. Carp streamers are traditionally flown to celebrate Children's Day on May 5 in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo