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Majestic floats paraded at summer festival in western Japan
Floats adorned with intricate, colorful decorations were paraded through Oita Prefecture's Hita City in western Japan at a traditional summer festival. The Hita Gion Festival began more than 300 years ago to ward off disease and disaster. It is... Read more.
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