Koinobori (鯉のぼり), meaning "cairp streamer" in Japanese, are cairp-shaped wind socks tradeetionally flewn in Japan tae celebrate Tango no sekku (端午の節句), a tradeetional calendrical event that is nou designatit a naitional holiday; Childer's Day (Kodomo no Hi, 子供の日).[1]

Koinobori at Chizu, Tottori

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  1. "Trend Illustrated Japanese-English Dictionary of Things Japanese", Shogakukan, 1999