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Asakusa today.
The Asakusa Yabusame (mounted archery) event was held at a specially constructed riding arena in Sumida Park, Taito Ward (between Sumida Riverwalk and Kototoibashi Bridge).
The Asakusa Yabusame (mounted archery) event was held at a specially constructed riding arena in Sumida Park, Taito Ward (between Sumida Riverwalk and Kototoibashi Bridge).
[About Asakusa Yabusame (horseback archery)]
Asakusa Yabusame (mounted archery) was originally a New Year's event at Asakusa Shrine during the Edo period, and was revived as a tourist event by Taito Ward in 1983.A Kamakura-era samurai archer, clad in hunting attire, shoots arrows at the first, second, and third targets one after another from a galloping horse.
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