Tug Of War

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Went to a tug of war this weekend. It's an annual event here in Japan. This rope is in the guiness book of world records. The thing weighs about 7 tons. Tens of thousands of people show up for this event. It was pretty neat. Afterwards there is a huge beer fest that's about a 10 minute walk from the tug of war. The rope is so big that it can't be lifted, and people are walking up on top of it. There are smaller ropes that branch off the sides of the main rope, like handels, and that is what you tug. Everyone just grabs the side ropes and starts pullin. Here's a few pics!

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Me and my boi Thomas standing on it

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This is the knot in the middle that you try to pull to your side to win.

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These kids start making a bunch of noise and cheer you on to motivate your side to pull harder!

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This gold ball blows open and a bunch of balloons and shit come flying out right before the event starts. We got 1 balloon, but later gave it away to this cute lil like 2 year old kid who came up to us with open arms and a big smile wanting it. You couldn't tell the lil guy no, he was cute!

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Here's the kid

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Of course my side won!!

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we got to cut off some of the rope to keep as a suvineir, but i left it in the trunk of the taxi. whoops.

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some random cute japanese girls that started dancin on the rope after we won.

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some more cute japanese kids that helped us win with their pure muscle mass!!