Sasebo Koma (Sasebo Spinning Top)

March 13, 2015

"Ikinaga shoumon shoukurabe." These words are a unique signal and indispensable to the participants as they shout when they spin the Sasebo spinning top all at once. It means not only to compete how long one can spin the spinning top but also "to give a signed and sealed deed and play a spinning top match." With the signal of "ikinaga shoumon shoukurabe" the spinning tops are spun all　together and they are ranked first, second, third place, and so forth according to how long the spinning top can be spun. Especially, the first spinning top receives the honorary title "tenkaichi (best in the world)."

Translation by: Yoshiko Nagao, reviewed by Hiroko Okamuｒa

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Sasebo Koma (Sasebo Spinning Top)