Yayoi look-alike contest

[thomas]

Last Saturday, Tottori Prefecture held a Yayoi look-alike contest, awarding a salesperson from Osaka whose face resembles one reconstructed from the DNA of a skull excavated at ruins from the Yayoi period. The Tottori Prefectural Government had received 215 submissions, and 10 finalists across the country were invited to the event on May 28.

The reconstructed Yayoi man left, the winner in the contest right.

Photo credit: Mainichi Shinbun

The prefectural government will consider inviting Yoshida to become its PR ambassador for future ruins-related events. The competition was held at a venue in the city's Aoya district, near the Yayoi ruins. Ten finalists showed up on the stage as if they were real Yayoi people, and gave performances including dancing, doing a skit and playing the guitar for two minutes each to show how they resemble a Yayoi man.

Medical goods salesperson wins ancient Japan's Yayoi man look-alike contest - The Mainichi

TOTTORI -- A 35-year-old man from Osaka Prefecture won the grand prix in an ancient Yayoi man look-alike contest held in this western Japan city on Ma

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Yayoi Period

The Yayoi period (弥生時代 Yayoi jidai) is a prehistoric period of Japan, usually dated from 300 BCE to ca 300 CE, during which wet-rice agriculture and the use of bronze and iron first appeared in Japan. Yayoi refers to certain characteristic...

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[nice gaijin]

RUN HIS DNA!

"I got a gold bust of my ancestor, for winning a lookalike contest for another bust of my ancestor."

Can you imagine being a runner-up? What do you tell YOUR children?

 

[thomas]

My wife always calls me a Neanderthal. I'd proudly display my Neanderthal bust.