In Tochigi prefecture, north of Tokyo, a festival re-enacting a great 12th century hunt entertained many weekend visitors.
The festival re-enacts a hunt in Nasunogahara field organized by Shogun Minamoto-no Yoritomo to show his power in the Kamakura era.
About 200 people including local children took part in the annual event. On the order of the person playing the Shogun, kids hunted for people in deer costumes. Adults in samurai costumes appeared on horseback and showed how to shoot a bear with arrows.
Meanwhile, a 2-meter-wide pan stewed local ingredients such as deer, pheasant and vegetables. One of the visitors said that the taste of rare deer stew made her happy.
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