An extraordinary traffic accident took place near Shimonoseki in Japan’s Yamaguchi prefecture, involving 8 Ferraris and a number of luxurious sport cars. The vehicles were speeding down a highway at around 150 km/hr when the driver of one Ferrari lost control and collided with a guard rail.
Amazingly none of the drivers suffered serious injuries.
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A full-length (42.2km) marathon for two-legged robots was held in Osaka, Japan, last week. The winning robot took more than two days to cross the finish line.
The annual Saidai-ji Eyo hadaka matsuri (nudity festival), a ritual said to have originated in the Muromachi Period (1338-1573), was held Saturday night at the Saidai-ji Kannon-in temple in Okayama’s Higashi Ward.
Thousands of men dressed in skimpy traditional undergarment packed into the temple grounds and grappled for a pair of shingi (sacred pieces of wood), each measuring about 20 centimetres long, and tossed from the window of the temple’s main altar.
According to local belief, those who manage to get their hands on the wooden amulet and race out of the temple’s precincts will be blessed with good fortune for the rest of the year.
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Tea ceremony at a temple in Nara, Japan.
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A giant rubber duck is displayed at the riverside of Osaka, Japan.
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