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Watch | A chaotic run to become luckiest person in Japan

Updated on Jan 11, 2017 12:46 pm IST

Thousands of men and women made a chaotic dash through the grounds of a shrine in Japan to win the annual “Lucky Man Run.” Nishinomiya Shinto shrine in western Japan's Hyogo Prefecture is dedicated to the god of Ebisu (pronounced Eh-bee-sue), a patron of businessmen and merchants, and the winner of the race is believed to be bestowed with a year's worth of good luck.

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