Koi Flags- Hija River, Okinawa

Koinobori Festival, Okinawa -

The eight-meter-long fish-shaped streamers are showing up all over Okinawa this week as the clock ticks down to Kodomo no hi, Childrens day. There are more than 600 of the carp-shaped streamers in the greater Kadena area, with 40 swimming above the Hija River. Its traditionally a day for honoring sons, and Japanese families take the time to join their boys in hanging the Koinobori, the colorful carp streamers, outside their homes.

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• Okinawa
• Koi
• Children
• Hija river
• Koinobori Festival