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1 - Saturday featured the Cultural Show portion of the Japan Festival in Wellington. This character is Clown LOTO!! Circus Gagstar (and actually a pretty amusing character)...
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5 - Japanese puppeteer Dalmamori
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13 - ...and a captivating performance from Marimba player Yoshiko Tsuruta (thanks Patricia!).