Hot water festival

NAGANOHARA, Japan - Some 60 near-naked men, ranging from teenagers to those in their 50s, splash each other with hot water while cheering in the predawn cold during a "hot water festival" at a hot spring resort in the town of Naganohara, Gunma Prefecture, on Jan. 20, 2014. The festival, intended to bring prosperity to the local community, is said to have its origins in a legend that a dried-up hot spring started to discharge hot water again after local residents dedicated a chicken to it some 400 years ago.

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