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Tenjin Matsuri Festival in Osaka 2008

This is a short clip of one of the boats in the festival. Tenjin Matsuri Festival in Osaka is held to drive out the evil sprits of summer and as a requiem for the soul of Sugawara-no-Michizane, a leading Court scholar of the Heian era (AD 794 - 1185)....

from YouTube on Thu, Aug 14 2008

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