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Pumpkin-themed Sports Day In Yamagata Stems From Pain Of War

Students at Miyajuku Elementary School in Asahi, Yamagata Prefecture, use pumpkins as batons for a relay race in the Kabocha Dai Undokai field day held on September. 4, 2016, Japan. Akio Ando, who enrolled at Miyajuku Elementary School in 1951, proudly recalls placing second in a race at the school’s sports festival. His prize, a pumpkin, provided his family a brief respite in the food-scarce years following the end of World War II.
Students at Miyajuku Elementary School in Asahi, Yamagata Prefecture, use pumpkins as batons for a relay race in the Kabocha Dai Undokai field day held on September. 4, 2016, Japan. Akio Ando, who enrolled at Miyajuku Elementary School in 1951, proudly recalls placing second in a race at the school’s sports festival. His prize, a pumpkin, provided his family a brief respite in the food-scarce years following the end of World War II.
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Credit:
The Asahi Shimbun Video
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599865462
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The Asahi Shimbun Video
Date created:
September 04, 2016
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00:00:43:09
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Asahi, Japan
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QuickTime 8-bit Photo-JPEG HD 1920x1080 29.97p
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The Asahi Shimbun Video
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20160904.punpkin.mov