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  2. Koinobori - Wikipedia

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    Koinobori at Chizu, Tottori with a patterned windsock at the top. Koinobori (鯉のぼり), meaning ' carp streamer ' in Japanese, are carp-shaped windsocks traditionally flown in Japan to celebrate Tango no sekku (端午の節句), a traditional calendrical event which is now designated as Children's Day (子供の日, Kodomo no hi), a national holiday in Japan. [1]

  3. Flying fish - Wikipedia

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    Flying fish are commercially fished in Japan, Vietnam, and China by gillnetting, and in Indonesia and India by dipnetting. [15] Often in Japanese cuisine, the fish is preserved by drying to be used as fish stock for dashi broth. The roe of Cheilopogon agoo, or Japanese flying fish, is used to make some types of sushi, and is known as tobiko.

  4. Kite fishing - Wikipedia

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    Once you have landed the fish you have shown that the kite fishing technique is one that works, and works well. [6] Flying fish baits and lures are best presented using kites because the upwards pull of the kite allows the flying fish lure to skip into the air like a real flying fish. This seems to be very attractive to tuna and other big game ...

  5. Kite - Wikipedia

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    A very popular Creole pastime was the flying of kites. Easter Monday, a public holiday, was the great kite-flying day on the sea wall in Georgetown and on open lands in villages. Young and old alike, male and female, appeared to be seized by kite-flying mania. Easter 1885 serves as a good example.

  6. Kite types - Wikipedia

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    Japanese kites [197] [198] [199] Java kites (pre-Malay kite, pre-Eddy kite) [200] Jesus kites This type of kite is found in both art and flying kites. [201] Aquilone di Gesù kites use art on standard kite forms or specialized figure kites. In the Philippines, noted kitemaker Eulogio Catahan [202] is a leader in Jesus kites.

  7. Hamamatsu Kite Festival - Wikipedia

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    Kite Battles Over 170 kites will be flown into the sky, signaled by the sound of fireworks launched over the Nakatajima Sand Dunes. The first kite to be flown is the "first kite," which celebrates the birth of the first child. The firstborn child is dressed in a festival costume and is the main person to fly the kite from within his father's arms.

  8. Wildlife of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese taimen (Hucho perryi) is the largest fish to enter freshwater in Japan and may reach sizes of up to 2 meters in length. The Japanese taimen is a critically endangered species including the Japanese populations which are restricted to the rivers and surrounding ocean of Hokkaido. Also present is the Japanese dace (Tribolodon ...

  9. Cypselurus - Wikipedia

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    Shakhovskoy, I.B., and N.V. Parin (2019). A review of the flying fish genus Cypselurus (Beloniformes: Exocoetidae). Part 1. Revision of the subgenus Zonocypselurus Parin and Bogorodsky, 2011 with descriptions of one new subgenus, four new species and two new subspecies and reinstatement of one species as valid.