festivals & rites
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Takoage-gassen 凧 揚げ合戦
kite-flying battle


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"Welcome to the Hamamatsu Festival"
The largest annual kite-flying festival in Japan is held on the beach at Nakatajima Dunes, in which each local group flies its own giant kites (tako) and attempts to cut the strings of the rival association ones. City of Hamamatsu in May.

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kite illustration: tengu + daruma
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map of festival and joining teams
Hamamatsu city
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"welcome to the Hamamtsu Festival"  (2)
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giant kites in the sky
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giant kites in the sky  (2)
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giant kites in the sky  (3)
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giant kites in the sky  (4)
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giant kites in the sky  (5)
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giant kites in the sky  (6)
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giant kites in the sky  (7)
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giant kites in the sky  (8)
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giant kites in the sky  (9)
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giant kites in the sky  (10)
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giant kites in the sky  (11)
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giant kites in the sky  (12)
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giant kites in the sky  (13)
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giant kites in the sky  (14)
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young women in festival clothes
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young women in festival clothes  (2)
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young women in festival clothes  (3)
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crashed kite
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crashed kite  (2)
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crashed kite  (3)
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crashed kite  (4)
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crashed kite  (5)
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crashed kite  (6)
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mother and son in festival clothes
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mother and son - festival clothes  (2)
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man in festival clothes
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young man and baby in festival clothes
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man in festival clothes  (2)
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man in festival clothes  (3)
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kite rope
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kite rope  (2)
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kite rope  (3)
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giant kites in the sky  (15)
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young woman with mobile phone
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giant kites in the sky  (16)
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giant kites in the sky  (17)
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giant kites in the sky  (18)
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giant kites in the sky  (19)
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kite - national flag
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kite with illustration of the national flag  (2)
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kite - national flag  (3)
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kite - national flag  (4)
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kite - national flag  (5)
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kite - national flag  (6)
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kite - national flag  (7)
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kite - national flag  (8)
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giant kites in the sky  (20)
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kite with daruma illustration
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daruma kite  (2)
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daruma kite  (3)
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giant kites in the sky  (21)
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daruma kite  (4)
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daruma kite  (5)
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children at festivals / in festival clothes
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dog in festival clothes - pets
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daruma kite  (6)
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kite carrying
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fight of the teams
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fight of the teams  (2)
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fight of the teams  (3)
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fight of the teams  (4)
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enouragement by horn
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fight of the teams  (5)
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fight of the teams  (6)
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fight of the teams  (7)
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fight of the teams  (8)
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fight of the teams  (9)
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fight of the teams  (10)
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fight of the teams  (11)
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fight of the teams  (12)
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fight of the teams  (13)
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fight of the teams  (14)
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fight of the teams  (15)
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fight of the teams  (16)
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fight of the teams  (17)
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fight of the teams  (18)
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fight of the teams  (19)
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mother/ child in festival clothes
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mothers + children - festival clothes  (2)
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mother / child - festival clothes  (3)
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men in festival clothes
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men in festival clothes  (2)
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men in festival clothes  (3)
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cable winch
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cable winch  (2)
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cable winch  (3)
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women dance group
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young woman with mobile phone  (2)
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local group
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