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Beetle Sumo Tournament Held In Kagoshima

July 23rd, 2007 by James

According to this news report, the 19th annual Rhinoceros Beetle Sumo Tournmanet was held in Kagoshima Prefecture over the weekend:

Over 1000 elementary school-age beetle trainers took part in the event. In addition to sumo matches, it also had a stick-climbing race. Looks like it was pretty fun!



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