Japan’s tsunami-hit Fukushima region has kicked off a thousand-year-old horse festival, with riders in samurai armour defying an ongoing nuclear crisis to take to the streets and vow recovery. The “Soma Namaoi”, or wild horse chase, featured some 80 horses with riders in full samurai armour, and was dedicated this…
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