Japan 2016

This is the museum and headquarters of the Kanto festival, held in Akita 3–7 August. About 200 arrays of 24-46 lanterns each mounted on bamboo poles 5-12 m high and weighing up to 50 kg are paraded through the streets by night on the palms, foreheads, shoulders, or lower backs of the celebrants.
This is the museum and headquarters of the Kanto festival, held in Akita 3–7 August. About 200 arrays of 24-46 lanterns each mounted on bamboo poles 5-12 m high and weighing up to 50 kg are paraded through the streets by night on the palms, foreheads, shoulders, or lower backs of the celebrants.
September 30, 2015
Edgar Durbin