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A ritual samurai horse festival "somanomaoi" is held in Minamisoma City, Fukushima Prefecture on July 24, 2022. 354 Riders clad in samurai armor participated in the event to grab a flag. Minamisoma City is one of the disaster areas of East Japan Great Earthquake that occurred in March 11th, 2011, and is located near Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant. Somanomaoi has been held for over 1000 years and has been designated as an important intangible folk cultural property of Japan. Due to the new coronavirus, it is held on a regular scale for the first time in three years, and about 20,000 spectators gather to see the festival.( The Yomiuri Shimbun ) (Photo by Kentaro Tominaga / Yomiuri / The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP)