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Japan: Firewalking Festival

Categories: East Asia, Japan, Arts & Culture, Citizen Media, Religion

A blogger at The Roving Ronin Report posted videos and pictures [1] [en] of the Firewalking Festival (Akibasan Gongen Hibuse Matsuri) in Odawara, where “Buddhist Priests dressed as Yamabushi – mountain hermits – walked over hot coals.”