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Yabusame Shinto Ritual at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine

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Archers wearing traditional Japanese costume participate in an horseback archery event aiming at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura on April 19, 2015. (Photo by Hitoshi Mochizuki/AFLO)


Yabusame Shinto Ritual at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine

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The archers have to aim at a target from a galloping horse in this traditional Shinto ritual. (Photo by Hitoshi Mochizuki/AFLO)


Yabusame Shinto Ritual at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine

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Yabusame is a type of mounted archery whereby an archer on a running horse shoots three special “turnip-headed” arrows successively at three wooden targets. The ritual dates back some 800 years to the early Kamakura period. (Photo by Hitoshi Mochizuki/AFLO)

Yabusame Shinto Ritual at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine

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Archers wearing traditional Japanese costume participate in an horseback archery event aiming at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura on April 19, 2015. (Photo by Hitoshi Mochizuki/AFLO)


Yabusame Shinto Ritual at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine

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The archers have to aim at a target from a galloping horse in this traditional Shinto ritual. (Photo by Hitoshi Mochizuki/AFLO)


Yabusame Shinto Ritual at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine

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Yabusame is a type of mounted archery whereby an archer on a running horse shoots three special “turnip-headed” arrows successively at three wooden targets. The ritual dates back some 800 years to the early Kamakura period. (Photo by Hitoshi Mochizuki/AFLO)

Yabusame Shinto Ritual at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine

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Archers wearing traditional Japanese costume participate in an horseback archery event aiming at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura on April 19, 2015. (Photo by Hitoshi Mochizuki/AFLO)


Yabusame Shinto Ritual at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine

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The archers have to aim at a target from a galloping horse in this traditional Shinto ritual. (Photo by Hitoshi Mochizuki/AFLO)


Yabusame Shinto Ritual at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine

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Yabusame is a type of mounted archery whereby an archer on a running horse shoots three special “turnip-headed” arrows successively at three wooden targets. The ritual dates back some 800 years to the early Kamakura period. (Photo by Hitoshi Mochizuki/AFLO)

Yabusame Shinto Ritual at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine

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Archers wearing traditional Japanese costume participate in an horseback archery event aiming at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura on April 19, 2015. (Photo by Hitoshi Mochizuki/AFLO)


Yabusame Shinto Ritual at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine

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The archers have to aim at a target from a galloping horse in this traditional Shinto ritual. (Photo by Hitoshi Mochizuki/AFLO)


Yabusame Shinto Ritual at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine

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Yabusame is a type of mounted archery whereby an archer on a running horse shoots three special “turnip-headed” arrows successively at three wooden targets. The ritual dates back some 800 years to the early Kamakura period. (Photo by Hitoshi Mochizuki/AFLO)

Yabusame Shinto Ritual at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine

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Archers wearing traditional Japanese costume participate in an horseback archery event aiming at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura on April 19, 2015. (Photo by Hitoshi Mochizuki/AFLO)


Yabusame Shinto Ritual at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine

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The archers have to aim at a target from a galloping horse in this traditional Shinto ritual. (Photo by Hitoshi Mochizuki/AFLO)


Yabusame Shinto Ritual at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery)
Yabusame is a type of mounted archery whereby an archer on a running horse shoots three special “turnip-headed” arrows successively at three wooden targets. The ritual dates back some 800 years to the early Kamakura period. (Photo by Hitoshi Mochizuki/AFLO)