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Follow on Google News | DirectRooms.com – See the giant light pyramids paraded through Fukuoka from 22 to 24 July 2011DirectRooms.com announces that Tobata in Japan will be holding special celebrations at the end of July for a unique festival where huge floats containing hundreds of lanterns form a procession through the streets.
By: Lek Boonlert At night is when the floats look especially spectacular however and visitors will see them transformed as the cloth is replaced with exactly 309 lanterns made from paper. The lanterns are then arranged over 12 levels to look like giant pyramids approximately 10m tall and they weigh in at around 2.5 tons each. In keeping with tradition, the floats are carried entirely by manpower and it takes from between 60 to 100 men to lift them. Visitors staying in Fukuoka hotels (http://directrooms.com/ Lek Boonlert, marketing head at DirectRooms.com commented: “Hotels are extremely busy over this traditional festival as thousands of people come to watch and rooms will be hard to find if people don’t book ahead in time.” # # # About DirectRooms DirectRooms is an independent discount hotel reservations company based in Asia. Established and online since 2000 with over 55,000 hotels worldwide. End
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