Tug of War at The Moon Festival

In Kagoshima, people play at a tug of war at the night of the full moon of midautumn. This is called "Tsunahiki."
The big rope of this community is made from straw with a length of 30m. Here, straw is used also for the core. After a full moon goes up at 8:00 p.m., they begin tug of war. They are games, such as area opposition and men vs. women, etc. I considered like a dragon signs that a rope waved.

• Place: Obama, Oura-cho, Kagoshima, Japan.
• Day: September 28, 2004 (The full moon day of midautumn in this year )
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