Hokkaido’s Frontier Days: Bannei Horse Racing

Here are some pictures from a recent Jetstar Airways magazine about ban-ei kyoso ばんえい競走 (ばんえいきょうそう) horse racing. Banei keiba ばんえい競馬 is the organization that organizes these races in Hokkaido, at the Obihiro Racecourse 帯広競馬場 (map).

See also some of my recent tweets on the topic:

The things I learn from anime: Bannei horse racing 輓曳, a relic from Hokkaido's frontier days. pic.twitter.com/yn7TjnZgVk

— the tokyo files (@thetokyofiles) April 13, 2015

This is intense. Just hears about Bannei Horse Racing 輓曳 / ばんえい http://t.co/ATX9T2ScbR

— the tokyo files (@thetokyofiles) April 13, 2015

Read more:

• ばんえい競走 Japanese Wikipedia
• Banei Keiba website