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Kamakura festival

YOKOTE, Japan - A couple pose for a photo inside an igloo-like snow hut with a heart-shaped entrance during the Kamakura festival in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2014, or Valentine's Day.

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Woman serving as bridge between farmers, consumers

TOKYO, Japan - A woman tries snowshoes with the help of a local man in Yokote, Akita Prefecture on Feb. 9, 2013. She was among the 11 women from the Tokyo metropolitan area who participated in the tour "Let's shovel snow and become an Akita beauty" organized by Kometabi Co. with the hope of helping consumers directly interact with farmers and learn about the secrets behind high-quality rice. (Photo by Shuzo Shikano)

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Kamakura Festival to be held in Akita

YOKOTE, Japan - Children are pictured in one of more than 100 igloo-like snow huts called ''kamakura'' in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 14, 2012, one day before the two-day Kamakura Festival begins. The local children served tourists roasted rice cakes and ''amazake,'' a sweet drink made from rice.

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Kamakura Festival to be held in Akita

YOKOTE, Japan - Children roast rice cakes inside igloo-like snow huts called ''kamakura'' in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 14, one day before the two-day Kamakura Festival begins. Children will chat and play around braziers inside the more than 100 huts during the festival which is expected to draw over 300,000 visitors.

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Kamakura Festival to be held in Akita

YOKOTE, Japan - Children roast rice cakes in one of more than 100 igloo-like snow huts called ''kamakura'' in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 14, one day before the two-day Kamakura Festival begins. The huts were made bigger than usual out of anxiety over the unusually warm winter this year.

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Kamakura Festival to be held in Akita

YOKOTE, Japan - Children roast rice cakes in one of the over 100 igloo-like snow huts called ''kamakura'' in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 14, one day before the two-day Kamakura Festival begins.

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Kamakura Festival to be held in Akita

YOKOTE, Japan - More than 100 igloo-like snow huts called ''kamakura'' are built in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, with candles shining inside on Feb. 14, one day before the two-day Kamakura Festival begins. Children will chat and play around braziers in the huts during the festival which is expected to draw more than 300,000 visitors.

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Kamakura festival to open in Akita Pref.

YOKOTE, Japan - A family admires small kamakuras, an igloo-like snow hut, lit by candles, in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 14, one day before the opening of a two-day annual Kamakura festival. About 100 3-meter-high snow huts and around 10,000 smaller ones were made for the event. Visitors can chat and play in the snow structures.