Japan Namahage Sedo Festival in Oga, Akita
OGA, JAPAN - FEBRUARY 10: Men dressed in straw clothes and orge masks as Namahage, or mountain demons takes photos with festival goers during the Namahage Sedo Festival at Shinzan Shrine on February 10, 2019 in Oga, Akita prefecture, Japan. Namahage visit each house to admonish sluggards to mend their ways, ward off disasters and offer blessings, looking for evil children, in the area on New Year's Eve. In the festival, which combines the local event of the ceremony of the shrine, visitors can experience these traditions and its folk culture. (Photo by Richard Atrero de Guzman/Aflo)