Urade Yama (占出山) boys

Posted by MShades (Kyoto, Japan) on 26 August 2008 in People & Portrait.

Urade Yama depicts the Empress Jingu, fishing - as empresses do. But this fish, according to myth, predicted victory in battle - as fish do. It's a very popular float due to its bright and shiny tapestries - new as of 1991.

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