Festival goers pull huge paper doll of historical Japanese figure named Ko-shishi on the carts during the Mikuini annual festival on May 20, 2014 in Sakai, Japan. The annual festival takes place from May 19-21 and is attended by thousands of visitors. During the festival people dressed in traditional Japanese costumes pull carts carrying 6 meter high dolls of Japanese historical figures through the narrow streets. The origins of the festival are unclear but its history can be traced back more than 250 years. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

Festival goers carry huge paper dolls of historical Japanese figures on the carts during the Mikuini annual festival on May 20, 2014 in Sakai, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

Japanese girls perform Taiko drum front of the huge paper doll cart of historical figure named Katoh Kiyomasa during the Mikuini annual festival on May 20, 2014 in Sakai, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

Japanese women dressed Kmno costumes stand beside a huge wheel of doll cart during the Mikuini annual festival on May 20, 2014 in Sakai, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

People wait road side for look to Mikuini annual festival on May 20, 2014 in Sakai, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

Festival goers pull huge paper doll of historical Japanese figure named Ko-shishi on the carts during the Mikuini annual festival on May 20, 2014 in Sakai, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

Japanese children dressed traditional festival costumes as perform Taiko drum on the huge paper doll cart of historical figure during the Mikuini annual festival on May 20, 2014 in Sakai, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

Japanese flower cart girl make-up applied to her face during the Mikuini annual festival on May 20, 2014 in Sakai, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

Children dressed in festival costume sit on the huge paper doll of historical Japanese figure named Hashi-Benkeii on the carts during the Mikuini annual festival on May 20, 2014 in Sakai, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

Japanese flower cart girl looks under the dragon banner during the Mikuini annual festival on May 20, 2014 in Sakai, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

Festival goers pull huge cart wheel of historical Japanese figure paper doll carry during the Mikuini annual festival on May 20, 2014 in Sakai, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

Japanese children dressed in traditional festival costumes as perform Taiko drum on the huge paper doll cart of historical figure during the Mikuini annual festival on May 20, 2014 in Sakai, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

A huge paper doll of historical Japanese figure named Ko-shishi as paper lanterns seen on the cart during the Mikuini annual festival on May 20, 2014 in Sakai, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)