As you can see, it’s a little different than Cinco de Mayo celebrations. May 5th is known as Boy’s Day, Children’s Day, kodomo no hi, or as I call it : “The day when fish fly”.
Click on the youtube link below to check out a monster size koi nobori 鯉のぼり (carp kite):
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