Annual Nachi Fire Festival in western Japan

Parishioners of the long-established Shinto shrine of Kumano Nachi Taisha carry 12 large pine torches during the annual Nachi Fire Festival, one of the three largest fire festivals of Japan, on July 14, 2016, in the town of Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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