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Hiroshima: Children Cry, Running Away Around, Festival Blesses Them by 3 Demons' Scaring

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The Yomiuri Shimbun

10:58 JST, November 16, 2025

ONOMICHI, Hiroshima — Children’s cries echoed throughout a street in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, during an unusual festival in which three demons frightened them to wish for good health.

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