Stars Wars Turned into Japanese Lanterns
Published: January 01, 0001
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Each August, traditional lantern floats are carried through the city of Aomori. This 
year, joining the traditional Japanese samurai floats, were z16 เครดิตฟรี188 Star Wars characters. Fitting, I know. The floats typically feature warriors, deities, and animals. See the below l86 photos from Twitter user t_shicho, who lives in Aomori.
[Photo: t_shicho] [Photo: l86.com สล็อต t_shicho] George Lucas was heavily influenced by 
Japanese culture, so even if this is part of a Star Wars PR push, it makes sense.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"e3616d04-4972-4839-a63a-c6975e2e9731","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.kotaku.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"1721946441","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"kotaku-east","SECTION":"","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"kotaku-east","TAGS":"star-wars","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); [Photo: t_shicho] [Photo: t_shicho] [Photo: t_shicho] Even if they don’t quite nail Obi-wan, the Force is strong with these lanterns.
The Aomori Nebuta Matsuri runs from August 2 to August 7. Check out t_shicho’s Twitter for more pics. Top photo: t_shicho To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter@Brian_Ashcraft
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