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Friday, May 3, 2013

Japanese Bull Fighting


The above video is pretty boring if you can't speak Japanese. It says that a 40-year-old man was gored to death by his own bull in Kagoshima-ken in a bull ring. Most people don't know this, but bull fighting, or 闘牛 (togyu), is practiced in Japan. It comes from Okinawa, but it has spread to other parts of Japan. It's not like Spanish bull fighting where a bull is killed by a man. It's more like a crossbreed of cock fighting and sumo. Bulls are trained by their owners to push other bulls to the side of the ring, and it is non-lethal. I'm guessing some bulls' eyes are lost. The matches end when one bull runs away, is gored, or is too tired to continue. Here's an example from Uwajima in Shikoku. Don't worry, no goring in this clip.

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