Pre-spring fire festival takes place in western Japan

Pre-spring fire festival takes place in western Japan

TONDABAYASHI, Japan - Men carry a 120-kilogram, 4.5-meter-high torch at a fire festival called "Dadaoshi" at the snow-covered Hasedera temple in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 14, 2014, in a traditional rite praying for the early advent of spring.

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