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Lavish floats carrying girls in kimono and musicians playing flutes, taiko drums and shamisen parade along streets in a traditional event heralding the arrival of spring in Oshu, Iwate Prefecture. The Hitaka Hibuse Matsuri (Hitaka fire prevention festival) is said to have started more than 300 years...