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Bullfighting is big on Okinawa, but unlike fights in Spain, no bulls are actually killed in the competition. A winner is decided when one bull runs, showing its back to an opponent. The Ishikawa Multipurpose Dome in Uruma City is the mecca of bullfighting on the island.

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