Japanese Festivals
Mt. Takao
Fire-walking" Festival
(March 8, 1987)
Japan: March 8, 1987 Mt. Takao - Annual rite of walking over smoldering firewoods at Mt. Takao in the western suburbs of Tokyo. Priests, religious persons and on-lookers walk over firewoods still smoldering, wishing to be fit and stay healthy through the year. (Photo by Fujifotos/AFLO) [3618]