Traditional Japanese horseback archery, known as "yabusame," was showcased on Wednesday at the Nikko Toshogu Shrine in Tochigi Prefecture. Ten archers, dressed in colourful traditional attire ...

Yabsame competitions, which involve horseback archery, evolved as a way for feudal ... this tournament are trained in "Takeda-ryu" – a Japanese martial art that was widely practiced in feudal ...

In this case, it’s a Japanese identity being swept away by ... of a bow or in the ritual steps an archer takes entering the archery hall. The sound of an arrow hitting a target, the ruffling ...

Traditional Japanese horseback archery, known as "yabusame," was showcased on Wednesday at the Nikko Toshogu Shrine in Tochigi Prefecture. Ten archers, dressed in colourful traditional attire, shot ...

Ten archers dazzled spectators at the Nikko Toshogu shrine during the autumn festival by performing "yabusame," the traditional Japanese horseback archery. Traditional Japanese horseback archery ...