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Sick? No. Uninformed and VERY typically male? Japanese? Yes. This tradition is not done with the intent to harm the horses but it is a result. It is also one of the main draw for tourists to our very small town that needs tourist money. Sadly I doubt I will ever be in a position to do anything...

Which is why I don't go to that shrine. Also you see loads of idiots keeping stallions here. Really!? There is also a festival here where they race horses up a very steep incline, the higher they go the better. Many horses fall on their backs because it is so steep and get hurt. I had one old...

My thoughts exactly. I have only been to one place where I could not count the ribs on horses here in Japan and their fat scores would be considered abusively low here in Japan. This is NOT a country for animal lovers.

And here I'd kill for just one!

As do we all~~~

you look at the horse in the local temple being underfed and wish you had the language ability to beg them to let you feed it.