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Power lines helped divide Hakata’s floats into two roles
Hakata Gion Yamakasa has smaller kakiyama floats carried through the streets and tall, stationary kazariyama display floats. The article dates their separation to 1898, when electrical lines made carrying the large floats through Hakata impractical.
Changes above the streets affected what could move along them.
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