Mountain shrine's torch festival off-limits to women

Mountain shrine's torch festival off-limits to women

Men clad in white outfits burn torches at the mountainous Kamikura shrine, part of a World Heritage Site in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture in western Japan, during the Oto (fire) Festival on the night of Feb. 6, 2017. About 2,000 men took part in the festival dating back some 1,400 years that is off-limits to women. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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