PHOTO ESSAY / Japanese ceremonial palanquins festively 'collide' around Taipei
11/05/2023 06:18 PM
Four ceremonial shrines carried on palanquins from Japan's Matsuyama City in Ehime Prefecture have been bumping into each other all around Taipei since Nov. 3, in celebration of a decade of friendship between the two cities.
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