Video Of The Week - 19-Year-Old Is Japan's 'Luckiest Man'
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Early on the morning of January 10th, 2014, thousands of people gathered patiently outside the gates of the Nishinomiya shrine in Japan's Hyogo Prefecture waiting to participate in a 230-meter (754 feet) sprint across the shrine grounds, to win the coveted title of 'Lucky Man /(Woman)'.
The popular race that is part of the annual three-day Toka Ebisu festival, began the night before when contestants were invited to draw straws that decided the lineup for the race. 19-year-old university student Seiki Kyoda, was the first to complete the mad dash earning himself not only a barrel of Sake but also lots of good luck that the title is supposed to bring with it.
Resources: bbc.co.uk, telegraph.co.uk
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155 Comments
- Anonymousalmost 12 yearsBooooooring
- captains comicsalmost 12 yearsi might write a comic about this!
- M n Malmost 12 yearsokay I guess
- #zendaya 101 <3almost 12 yearswhat where they saying?
- Carlalmost 12 yearsCool wes lucky
mintshinealmost 12 yearsi want to be in it!!!- zendayaalmost 12 yearscool i guess
- MysteryGirlalmost 12 yearsI can tell alot of people want to be th lukiest man or woman.Congradulations to 19 year old Seiki!!!!!
- stoneralmost 12 yearsths is awsome
- dudealmost 12 yearsboring
newsreporter123almost 12 yearsyou may find it boring but i think it would be best if you not comment that because other might find it very interesting.Don't get me wrong i don't go against your opinion its that i think you didn't have to announce that you found it boring