New Yokozuna Asashoryu joins bean-tossing festival

New Yokozuna Asashoryu joins bean-tossing festival

NARITA, Japan - Sumo's new yokozuna Asashoryu (L) takes part in a traditional bean-throwing ceremony Feb. 3, the day marking the end of winter and the coming of spring according to the lunar calendar, at Shinshoji Temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo.

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