'Yabusame' mounted archery ritual in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A man dressed in a medieval hunting clothes shoots an arrow at a wooden target while riding a galloping horse during the annual traditional ''yabusame'' mounted archery ritual at Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto on May 3, 2010.

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