Ducklings safely make way to Kamo River from Kyoto temple in city’s yearly duck procession


Guided by locals with folded cardboard boxes, ducklings waddle across a crosswalk in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto. - The Japan News/ANN

KYOTO: With the help of local residents and police officers, six ducklings waddled about 600 meters to move from a pond at a Kyoto temple where they were born to the Kamo River on May 19.

The duckling procession between the pond and the river on Saturday (June 8) has been an annual event in the city.

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