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Yabusame Horseback Archery at Takadanobaba | Oct.10

Yabusame is the art of shooting arrows on horseback, performed as a traditional ceremony that derives from horse riding exercises for Samurai warriors.


Yabusame Horseback Archery at Takadanobaba 
高田馬場流鏑馬 (穴八幡宮) 流鏑馬

October 10th
Location: Toyama Park, Takadanobaba, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

Ana-hachimangu Shrine Yabusame
https://www.anahachimanguu.jp/yabusame/

YouTube by ichi25111 : https://youtu.be/gZbS_5cPMlw

Yabusame takes place at Hakone-chiku area of Toyama-koen Park, near Anahachimangu Shrine in Waseda, Shinjuku.
https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/format/map002.html

Getting there
6-min walk from Waseda subway station (Exit 3b) 早稲田駅 on the Tozai-sen subway Line

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