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【開門神事「福男選び」】「一番福」は宝塚市の高校生・大岸史弥さん🎍 pic.twitter.com/VQI9uHb5eD — カンテレNEWS (@kantele_news) January 9, 2025 The traditional Lucky Man Selection race was held at Hyogo's Nishinomiya Shrine, with Takarazuka high school 2nd-year Fumiya Ogishi winning the title of this year's luckiest man. Chosen by lottery to compete, 108 worshippers at the shrine started the race at 6:00 a.m. on Jan. 10 when the beating of drums signaled the opening of the shrine's Akamon Gate. The ritual race is held at the home of Ebessan, the god of successful business, and covers roughly 230 m. The winner is named the Luckiest Man, with the next two earning Second-Luckiest and Third-Luckiest honors. Ogishi is a member of his school's track and field time and has a 100 m best in the low 12-second range. He commented, "It doesn't feel real yet, but I hope this will be a good year. I'd like to share my good fortune with all the victims of the Noto Peninsula earthquake." Luckiest man: Fu...

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http://mytown.asahi.com/hyogo/news.php?k_id=29000141003310002 translated by Brett Larner Yurika Nakamura (Team Tenmaya) is running Monday's Boston Marathon, only her third attempt at the distance. In her last marathon Nakamura was the only Japanese woman to finish the Beijing Olympics, where she was 13th. She vowed to work on her track speed before returning to the marathon. At last summer's World Championships she was one of the highlights of the Japanese team, with three PBs in three starts on the track over 5000 and 10000 m and unafraid to lead each of her races. With only a 2:25 PB from her 2008 debut Nakamura is unlikely to attract much pre-race attention, but the simple fact that she is there says she feels ready for something big in Boston. The local Hyogo edition of the asahi.com website recently published this interview with Nakamura. Asahi.com: When you were a child you weren't a particularly fast runner. Nakamura: I loved playing kick the can and hide and seek, b...