Monks jump off beam at Lake Biwa in traditional ritual

Monks jump off beam at Lake Biwa in traditional ritual

One of 12 monks who have finished a 100-day circumambulation of Mt. Hiei straddling Kyoto and Shiga prefectures in western Japan jumps from a height of seven meters from the edge of a 13 meter-long beam over Lake Biwa at Isakiji, a Buddhist temple in Omihachiman, Shiga Prefecture, on Aug. 1, 2015, during a traditional ritual. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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