Hi Watari fire walking festival

A mountain priest or Yamabushi whips himself with tree leaves dipped in boiling water during the Hi Watari fire walking festival of Takao san Guchi near Tokyo, Japan. Sunday March 11th 2007

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Hi Watari, fire-walking festival