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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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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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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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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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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