Horse throws off priest during Shinto ritual

NHK -- Oct 27

A horse threw off its rider and ran off during a centuries-old Shinto ritual in Osaka.

The incident happened on Wednesday at Osaka Tenmangu Shrine.

The horse, which had been borrowed from a university equestrian club, threw off a Shinto priest on its back and ran about 600 meters down the road outside the shrine.

Police and shrine staff caught the animal several minutes later.

No one among the hundreds of spectators and passers-by was injured, nor was the priest who was thrown off.

Oct 27 (ANNnewsCH) - 大勢の見物客が集まる「流鏑馬(やぶさめ)」の神事中に突然、馬が暴れて逃げ出しました。見物客から「危ない」の声が上がりました。 25日、大阪天満宮で行われた流鏑馬神事。そのさなか、アクシデントが発生。突然、暴れだした馬。乗っていた男性を振り落とし、境内から道路に飛び出した。