Two yokozuna take part in bean-throwing festival

Two yokozuna take part in bean-throwing festival

NARITA, Japan - Two Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu (R) and Hakuho (C) scatter beans during the annual Bean-Throwing Festival marking the lunar calendar start of the spring at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, east of Tokyo, on Feb. 3.

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