Horse Racing Samurai Style

Samurai on horseback, parading through town and competing in contests with a history that dates back more than 1000 years. That’s what you will witness if you attend the three day Soma Noma-oi Festival in Fukushima prefecture later this month. A Japan National Intangible Folk Cultural Asset, this event features a parade of 500 armored samurai warriors, horse chasing and racing, and a race to capture shrine flags propelled into the air with fireworks! It’s sure to be a heart-pumping, adrena



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