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Obverse
Nobu Shirase and Kanto Festival.
The Kanto festival is held in Akita City every August, and during it, the performers manage freely bamboo poles with many lanterns, which are called Kanto, on their foreheads, shoulders and lower backs. In order to pray for good harvest, the shape of the whole Kanto is regarded as that of the ear of rice, and all together 46 lanterns are imitating the traditional storage bags of rice.
Reverse
Lettering:
JAPAN 47 PREFECTURES COIN PROGRAM
500 YEN
23
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