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Boasting a history of over 1,000 years and designated as a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, this is a globally rare festival originating from military exercises. Hundreds of samurai on horseback, clad in armor and carrying ancestral banners, march through the streets and compete for flags in open fields, looking as if the warring states period has returned to the modern day. The pride and spirit of the samurai, combined with the dynamic movement of man and horse as one, is a breathtaking sight for international tourists seeking to experience true Bushido culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Boasting a history of over 1,000 years and designated as a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, this is a globally rare festival originating from military exercises. Hundreds of samurai on horseback, clad in armor and carrying ancestral banners, march through the streets and compete for flags in open fields, looking as if the warring states period has returned to the modern day. The pride and spirit of the samurai, combined with the dynamic movement of man and horse as one, is a breathtaking sight for international tourists seeking to experience true Bushido culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1306],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fukushima"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSoma Nomaoi (Wild Horse Chase) | Viewdory<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Boasting a history of over 1,000 years and designated as a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, this is a globally rare festival\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/viewdory.com\/en\/07_0018\/\" \/>\n<meta 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