Japanese men celebrate baldness

TOKYO: More than 30 bald men gathered at a hot spring facility in Tsuruta City, Japan, on Wednesday to show off their hairless heads and have fun. Members of the city’s Bald Men Club took turns competing in a unique game of tug-of-war by sticking a suction cup, which is attached to a single red rope, to each of their heads. Both sides then attempted to pull the cup off of their opponent’s head.“My head still hurts,” Toshiyuki Ogasawara, 43, said. “I think I need to ice it!”Masatomo Sasaki, 64, a first-time participant at the tournament, said he used to feel insecure about his baldness but now feels differently. “I feel proud. Or maybe I should say, I feel good about being a bald man,” Sasaki said.