By YOSHIAKI ARAI/ Staff Writer
June 30, 2023 at 19:00 JST
Lantern makers use a brush to write characters and draw symbols on paper lampshades at the Okugawa Lantern Factory in Kyoto’s Shimogyo Ward on June 29. (Yoshiaki Arai)
KYOTO--Lantern makers here toiled without a day off for the past couple of weeks to meet around 2,700 orders for the city’s iconic Gion Festival in July. [Read More]
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