Japanese Baby-crying Contest Photos

On Saturday, the annual “Baby-cry Sumo” contest was held at Sensoji temple in Tokyo. In the event, which is thought to bring good health, Japanese babies face off against each other in matches to see who can cry the loudest.

More photos from the event can been seen here and here.

19 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - April 30, 2007 at 10:20 am

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I feel bad for the kids being subjected to that. I wonder how many of them get nightmares from strange, large men picking them up and trying to make them cry…
helical

Arggg…must not…make … baby-eating jokes…
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What a strange contest Babies won’t sleep well
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OMG this is so funny, but i don like the idea to make babies cry, they must be frightened….
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Alex

That is hilarious!! (First time I’ve ever heard of it too!)
ha ha ha …

My son might fair well
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Yeah… seems a little sadistic.
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faiz

itz nice but , itz not meant for kids / babies … Atleast babies should not fight
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Christy

The baby in the yellow hat looks more confused than upset.
He’s like “dood the bewbies don’t work!”
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