Traditional mounted archery performed in Kamakura, Japan

Traditional mounted archery performed in Kamakura, Japan

KAMAKURA, Japan - An archer on a running horse shoots an arrow at a wooden target at the Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu shrine in a show of traditional "Yabusame" Japanese archery in Kamakura, southwest of Tokyo, on Sept. 16, 2014. The martial art dates back to the beginning of the Kamakura period some 800 years ago.

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