Yabusame (流鏑馬) is a type of mounted archery in traditional Japanese archery. An archer on a running horse shoots three special "turnip-headed" arrows successively at three wooden targets. This style of archery has its origins at the beginning of the Kamakura period.

2025年1月19日 · What Is Yabusame? Yabusame is a form of Japanese horseback archery where riders shoot arrows at wooden targets while galloping on a straight track. It requires exceptional skill in both riding and archery, as riders must maintain their balance and accuracy at high speeds.

2023年10月7日 · Yabusame is a traditional Japanese horse sport that combines skillful archery with horseback riding. It originated during the Samurai times as a test of military prowess and has evolved over the years into both a religious ritual and a performance that displays the rider’s finesse and discipline.

2025年4月1日 · Yabusame (流鏑馬｜やぶさめ) is a type of horse archery performed on the grounds of shrines, with 3 targets to hit along the range. It is a long standing tradition, with several preservation societies working hard to keep this ritual alive.

2025年3月11日 · During the Edo period (1603-1867), Asakusa-style yabusame (horseback archery) was held as a New Year's display at Asakusa-jinja Shrine. Today, many traditional events are still held in Taito City, and this yearly archery event is one of them.

2014年9月11日 · Learn Yabusame with Voyagin. The arrow and the gods. A religious ritual, which seeks to curry favor with the gods: if the archer hits the target, the harvest will be good! As with many Japanese martial arts, Yabusame is full of Zen Buddhism and Shinto spirituality.

Yabusame is your chance to come face-to-face with galloping horses and samurai who seem to have stepped straight out of twelfth-century Japan

Yabusame is the art of traditional horseback archery in Japan, where an archer needs to shoot at a target with a whistling arrow from a galloping horse. Yabusame is presented as a ritual at shrines. This official website introduces Yabusame to you.

Yabusame, established in the 12th century, is both a martial art and entertainment for the deities. This Shinto activity is usually held at shrines, but here in Tsuwano, in the remote mountains of Shimane Prefecture, is the only place in Japan with a surviving, single-purpose yabusame ground.

Yabusame is a ceremony in which archers clad in the hunting outfit of medieval warriors shoot at three targets as they race by on horseback. Among the yabusame events held across Japan, the one that's best known takes place every year on September 16 …