In Photos: Southwest Japan castle lit up with 30,000 bamboo lanterns
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"Corridors of lights" are seen at Kokura Castle in Kitakyushu's Kokurakita Ward after bamboo lanterns were lit up on Oct. 23, 2021. (Mainichi/Kotaro Yamada)
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"Corridors of lights" are seen at Kokura Castle in Kitakyushu's Kokurakita Ward after bamboo lanterns were lit up on Oct. 23, 2021. (Mainichi/Kotaro Yamada)
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Lanterns made of bamboo paper are seen in Kitakyushu's Kokurakita Ward on Oct. 23, 2021. (Mainichi/Kotaro Yamada)
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Bamboo lanterns are lit up in front of Kokura Castle in Kitakyushu's Kokurakita Ward on Oct. 23, 2021. (Mainichi/Kotaro Yamada)
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Bamboo lanterns are lit up in front of Kokura Castle in Kitakyushu's Kokurakita Ward on Oct. 23, 2021. (Mainichi/Kotaro Yamada)
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Bamboo lanterns are lit up in front of Kokura Castle in Kitakyushu's Kokurakita Ward on Oct. 23, 2021. (Mainichi/Kotaro Yamada)
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Pictograms for gymnastic events are seen lit up at Kokura Castle in Kitakyushu's Kokurakita Ward on Oct. 23, 2021, after the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were recently held in the city. (Mainichi/Kotaro Yamada)