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Japanese annual lantern Festival is underway at a shrine in Kamakura City, near Tokyo. About 400 lanterns of various sizes are lit one after another. The designs include images of snakes, the Chinese zodiac symbol for 2025, the Enoshima Electric Railway, and the late Japanese baseball legend Nagashima Shigeo. The festival will run through Saturday.

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