Saturday, March 22, 2008

Bullfighting Capital of Japan

Uruma City is the bullfighting capital of Japan, and it's the immediate eastern neighbor of Okinawa City. We work in Uruma City, which is where I saw this manhole cover:

Then, on the way to Ike Island (also part of the Uruma City district), I saw this man brushing his huge bull on the side of the highway:
He's going to be fighting on the 31st of March.
But the bull fights are a little different here, instead of being killed my matadors, they buck-up against other bulls, maybe like sumo wrestlers? They try to knock each other out of the ring, I guess. I'll be sure to fill you in!

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