THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 14, 2025 at 07:00 JST
The Tohoku Banba race held in 2016 in Wakuya, Miyagi Prefecture. Portions of the photo are intentionally blurred for privacy reasons. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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