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15 Avril 2012
Evacuated horses return to Fukushima
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20120415_10.html
Horses evacuated from Fukushima Prefecture after the nuclear accident are returning to their homes for a performance in a traditional event.
Minamisoma City sent 52 horses used in the performance to a town in Hokkaido, northern Japan. It had become difficult to get hay for them and many owners themselves left after the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.
The central Fukushima region of Soma has held the summer festival called "Soma-noma-oi" for many years. The festival is said to have originated more than 1,000 years ago for the training of warriors.
Eight horses arrived in Minamisoma on Saturday after a drive of 17 hours in a special trailer.
The owners of the horses came to see them after 8 months of separation.
The remaining 44 horses will return home by the end of May to take part in the festival in July.
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