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
- Mattalmost 12 yearsi know right
- Jesse Rulesalmost 12 yearsI have to say he has probably been traning a long time!
- nojijalmost 12 yearshow is he lucky he just won a race
stormtrooperalmost 12 yearsLooks good- stormtrooperalmost 12 yearsVery cool
- stormtrooperalmost 12 yearsI think it is wow
- animlcrosng4evralmost 12 yearswhat if they had that at the olympics! :)
- SHUT DOWN!!!!!!almost 12 yearsjeez...........I wish I was that fast!!!!!!! dang he really does deserve to be the luckiest man
- lengendaryalmost 12 yearswow...that looked easy
puppylover2014almost 12 yearsWow I love this because my teacher says not to watch movies for our reading log but there are words