Interview G1 Horses Head to the Battlefield: Yoshimitsu Shikato and the Legendary Thoroughbred No Reason's 10 Years and 364 Days of Devotion The Soma Nomaoi is a traditional event with over a thousand years of history, an...
Interview Thoughts for the Master Lost to the Tsunami: Sumi Sakamoto's “Proof of Lost Family” Seen in the Sacred Flag The Soma Nomaoi is both a thousand-year-old tradition and a stage for renewal, r...
Interview The 1000-Meter Psychological Battle: Satoshi Maeda's Glorious Armored Race in His Retirement Race and His Struggle Against the Horse That “Uses the Sky” The second day of the Soma Nomaoi festival features the “Armored Horse Race” as ...
Interview Veteran with Over 30 Flags Captured Speaks on the Feeling of “The Divine Flag Arriving” and Memories of a Turbulent Era: Interview with Hiroyuki Sue The climax of the Soma Nomaoi, the “Battle for the Sacred Flags,” is a spectacul...
Explanation A Thousand-Year Tradition: The Origins of Soma Nomaoi and Its Three-Day Grand Ceremony The Soma Nomaoi, designated as an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property of...
Explanation [Verification] Tradition or Lives? Background and New Challenges Behind Soma Nomaoi's Shift from July to May The Soma Nomaoi, with over a thousand years of history, has long been held in la...
Explanation Reconstructing the Samurai Aesthetic: The Story of Restoring Dignity Through Armor, Battle Jackets, and the Language of the Warrior The Soma Nomaoi is not merely a festival where horses gallop and flags are seize...
Explanation The Challenge of Sustainability: Declining Birthrates, Women's Participation, and the Future of the Nomadoi Festival The Soma Nomaoi festival has overcome the challenges of recovery from the Great ...
Interview Former Military Advisor Miki Nakajima's Armor of “Reconstruction”: 11 Years of Journey and the Aesthetics of Graceful Retirement The Great East Japan Earthquake and nuclear disaster plunged the Soma Nomaoi int...
Interview New Strategist Mitsukiyo Monma Speaks on “Learning Tradition Through YouTube” and His Commitment to the “May Event” In 2023, a new chapter was written in the history of the nationally designated I...
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