Tarai-nori Kyoso in Ito

Participants paddle washtubs down the Matsukawa River in Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, during the Tarai-nori Kyoso event on July 3, 2016. A total of 242 people took part in the event, in which participants inside 1-meter-wide traditional Japanese wooden washtubs paddle with large rice-scoop-shaped oars and race for about 400 meters. (Photo courtesy of the Izu Shimbun)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo