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Children's "Yabusame" (Horseback archery)
(the Rokugo Shrine, Ota-ku, Tokyo)

@Every Jan. 7, children's "Yabusame" is held for boys to pray for better fortune, good health and for their success, at the Rokugo Shrine in Ota-ku, Tokyo.

@Minamoto-no-Yoritomo(Samurai who established the Kamakura Government at the end of 12th century) began to dedicate this event to the shrine.

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