Hi Watari fire walking festival

A Yamabushi or mountain priest throws water on a large bonfire of ceder branches he will later walk across in the Hi Watari, fire walking, festival of Takao san Guchi near Tokyo, Japan. Sunday March 11th 2007

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Asia Asian Hi Watari Hi watari Hi-watari Hiwatari Japan Japanese Nihon Nippon Places. East Tokyo bon fires bon-fires bonfires buckets capital cities capital city capitals celebrations cities city cultural cultures devotion eastern events festivals fire walking fire-walking fires flames hot matsuri mountain priests orient oriental places priests religions religious religious devotion tabi traditional traditions urban urban environments urbanity white yamabushi

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Hi Watari, fire-walking festival