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Hakata Yamagasa Festival culminates with float-carrying event

FUKUOKA, Japan - A decorated float called Yamagasa is carried by young men in the precinct of Kushida Shrine in the southwestern city of Fukuoka on the final day of Hakata Yamagasa Festival on July 15.

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Revelers carry float in Hakata Yamagasa festival

FUKUOKA, Japan - Young men carry a decorated float called Yamagasa in the grounds of Kushida Shrine in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan at the end of Hakata Yamagasa festival July 15.

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G-7 finance ministers in photo session

FUKUOKA, Japan - Finance ministers from the Group of Seven (G-7) major economic powers line up for a photograph at Fukuoka City Museum. From left to right, EU Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Pedro Solbes Mira, U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, French Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry Laurent Fabius, Canadian Finance Minister Paul Martin, Japanese Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, German Finance Minister Hans Eichel and Italian Minister of the Treasury Vincenzo Visco. Behind the ministers stands a decorated ''Kazari-Yamagasa'' float, centerpiece of the city's July 1-15 Hakata Gion Yamagasa Festival in which several floats are raced.

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Priests prepare 'Yamagasa' float for Fukuoka G-7 meeting

FUKUOKA, Japan - Shinto priests on June 26 bless a special ''Yamagasa'' float built for next month's meeting of top finance officials from the Group of Seven (G-7) nations in Fukuoka. The blessing of the 12-meter-tall float, which features figures from the history of Fukuoka Prefecture, was conducted at the Fukuoka City Museum, where the G-7 meeting will take place July 8, ahead of the Group of Eight (G-8) summit in Okinawa Prefecture.

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'Yamagasa' float to go on display for Fukuoka G-7 meet

FUKUOKA, Japan - Men work June 21 on a ''Yamagasa'' float which will be put on display in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, for the meeting of finance ministers from the Group of Seven (G-7) in July. The 12-meter-high float will have 10 figures supported on decorated wooden frames.

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Hakata Yamagasa reaches climax with decorative float rush

FUKUOKA, Japan - Young men carrying a decorative float on their shoulders run at full speed in the yard of Kushida Shrine in the city of Fukuoka, Kyushu, on the morning of July 15. The bearing of the floats called ''yamagasa'' to the shrine is the climax of the 15-day Hakata Yamagasa festival.

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Hakata Yamagasa Festival culminates with float-carrying event

FUKUOKA, Japan - A decorated float called Yamagasa is carried by young men in the precinct of Kushida Shrine in the southwestern city of Fukuoka on the final day of Hakata Yamagasa Festival on July 15. (Kyodo)

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'Yamagasa' float to go on display for Fukuoka G-7 meet

FUKUOKA, Japan - Men work June 21 on a ''Yamagasa'' float which will be put on display in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, for the meeting of finance ministers from the Group of Seven (G-7) in July. The 12-meter-high float will have 10 figures supported on decorated wooden frames.

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Priests prepare 'Yamagasa' float for Fukuoka G-7 meeting

FUKUOKA, Japan - Shinto priests on June 26 bless a special ''Yamagasa'' float built for next month's meeting of top finance officials from the Group of Seven (G-7) nations in Fukuoka. The blessing of the 12-meter-tall float, which features figures from the history of Fukuoka Prefecture, was conducted at the Fukuoka City Museum, where the G-7 meeting will take place July 8, ahead of the Group of Eight (G-8) summit in Okinawa Prefecture.

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Hakata Yamagasa reaches climax with decorative float rush

FUKUOKA, Japan - Young men carrying a decorative float on their shoulders run at full speed in the yard of Kushida Shrine in the city of Fukuoka, Kyushu, on the morning of July 15. The bearing of the floats called ''yamagasa'' to the shrine is the climax of the 15-day Hakata Yamagasa festival.

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Hakata Yamagasa reaches climax with decorative float rush

FUKUOKA, Japan - Young men carrying a decorative float on their shoulders run at full speed in the yard of Kushida Shrine in the city of Fukuoka, Kyushu, on the morning of July 15. The bearing of the floats called ''yamagasa'' to the shrine is the climax of the 15-day Hakata Yamagasa festival.