{"id":31880,"date":"2013-09-11T04:05:10","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T08:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=31880"},"modified":"2013-09-11T04:06:25","modified_gmt":"2013-09-11T08:06:25","slug":"2013-kume-island-ha-ri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2013\/09\/11\/2013-kume-island-ha-ri\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 Kume Island Ha-ri-"},"content":{"rendered":"

Posted by Benjamin Martin<\/strong><\/a>, a JET from 2008-2013 in Okinawa<\/a>, publisher of the blog MoreThingsJapanese.com<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0and author of the award-winning<\/a> YA fantasy series\u00a0<\/em>Samurai Awakening<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Tuttle).<\/em><\/p>\n

\"IMG_8043\"<\/a>The Ha-ri- races are a yearly event<\/a> on Kume Island<\/a>. This year they took place on June 12 at three locations around the island. \u00a0This year I stuck to the Maja area where locals and students gathered together for a day of races and fun in the water.<\/p>\n

While the races are the primary attraction, there is also generally a ball-toss game for the nursery school children and a tug-of-war. \u00a0There are numerous races from both locals and school participants. \u00a0At the Maja area, students from the local Nakazato Junior High, Misaki and Nakazato elementary schools, and students from Kumeshima High School all joined together in mixed and separate races.<\/p>\n

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\"IMG_8525\"<\/a>This year I broke out my gopro to give you a closer look at participating in the Ha-ri- races. \u00a0Thanks to a few friends and students who wore the camera along the way. \u00a0Of course with plenty of water a few bucket wars broke out among the high school students, and not all of the boats made it back without a little extra water. \u00a0Check out the video and pictures below, then come join us next year for this great event.<\/p>\n

For more photos and video from this special event visit MoreThingsJapanese.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Posted by Benjamin Martin, a JET from 2008-2013 in Okinawa, publisher of the blog MoreThingsJapanese.com\u00a0and author of the award-winning YA fantasy series\u00a0Samurai Awakening\u00a0(Tuttle). The Ha-ri- races are a yearly event on Kume Island. This year they took place on June 12 at three locations around the island. \u00a0This year I stuck to the Maja area […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[53,76,368],"tags":[734,1095,191,1022,785,1096],"class_list":["post-31880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-photography","category-traveltourism","tag-event","tag-ha-ri","tag-japan","tag-kumejima","tag-okinawa","tag-race"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t