Watch: Japan’s husband-throwing event aims to strengthen marriage bonds



An annual winter festival in which married men are carried to a hilltop and thrown down a snowy hill to their waiting wives took place in central Japan.
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26 comments

  1. "Charcoal Ink" Really, …That's Blackface. Where's the good reverend sharpton?

  2. Yep. My marriage feels stronger than ever.

  3. Black face is appropriate?!

  4. Is pneumonia part of the tradition?

  5. The toss good, but the roll was mos' def voluntary 🙃
    Fun custom to have…!! 🤗

  6. Was that black face at the end lol 😂

  7. I think when they planned the tradition they were drunk, but while doing this they were sober 😂

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  9. I had to google it to find it is around Niigata. My ex was from Niigata so I kind of throw him, lol.

  10. They picked the skinniest husbands, it would have been more impressive if they pick an ex-sumo wrestler husband.

  11. Blackface. Really. The protesters are coming.

  12. They get weirder and weirder

  13. Smearing carcinogens in their face

  14. 寒くて楽しそうです.

  15. I wish all of the married couples continued joy & happiness together FOREVER!❤❤❤

  16. I'm sure that alcohol had no part in the creation of this tradition.

  17. What says what says what says!