Courtesy of Wikipedia
On May 5th in Japan this year, one can appreciate the strange view of koi (carp) flying against the blue sky. How exactly does a fish fly? Well, they don't, at least not the real ones. These flying koi are actually wind socks flown up high to celebrate Children's Day in Japan. They are made out of paper, cloth or other fabric with carp patterns painted on.
Called koinobori (鯉幟), a set consists of a pair of arrow-poked wheels, flying-dragon streamers (top picture: the multi-colored wind sock at the top), a black koinobori and a red koinobori. Additional koinobori are added if more boys are in the household.
Cute, isn't it?
Courtesy of Wikipedia (that's a lot of fish)
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