Hundreds of students participated in a New Year calligraphy contest at Tokyo's Budokan on Jan. 5. Children were split up by age group and asked to perfectly draw a word or phrase in traditional Japanese style.
Thousands draw on Japan's past for annual calligraphy contest
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