Torch festival held at Kamikura Shrine in Wakayama Pref.

Torch festival held at Kamikura Shrine in Wakayama Pref.

SHINGU, Japan - About 2,000 men carrying torches run down the 538 steps of a shrine approach to Kamikura Shrine in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, in the 1,400-year-old torch festival on Feb. 6.

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