Toba Fire Festival
FEBRUARY 11, 2018 - Men return to the shrine following their march to the sea during Toba-no-Hi-matsuri, a fire festival held annually at Toba Shinmeisha, a Shinto shrine in Nishio, Japan Men return to the shrine following their march to the sea during Toba-no-Hi-matsuri, a fire festival held annually at Toba Shinmeisha, Nishio, Japan.
The festival begins with men walking from the shrine to the sea, and standing in the ocean wearing only loincloths as part of a purification ritual.
The celebration culminates with the burning of the torches built from bamboo and pampas grass. s weather and harvest.
(Photo by Ben Weller/AFLO) (JAPAN) [UHU].