By YUSUKE SHIBUYA/ Staff Writer
January 4, 2020 at 16:20 JST
Dressed only in loincloths, men tussle with each other to gain control of a wooden ball said to divine whether a good harvest will be had on land or from the sea. (Jun Kaneko)
FUKUOKA--Hundreds of men in loincloths jostled to gain control of a wooden ball weighing 8 kilograms in a boisterous event held here Jan. 3 to divine if the land or the sea will provide a bountiful harvest this year. [Read More]
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