Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (second from left) meets three Tokyo Kimono Queen winners, Kaori Taga (left), Yuri Murakami (second from right) and Kanna Iwasa at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Tuesday. Abe received an "obi" sash made of the traditional Hakata-ori textile - a specialty of Fukuoka Prefecture - at the ceremony. Photo: AFP