Fuso-kyo grassroots Shinto priests perform fire ritual

TOKYO, Japan - Priests of Fuso-kyo, a Japanese grassroots Shinto sect based on the worship of Mt. Fuji, perform a fire ritual at its shrine in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, as seen in this file photo taken on June 3, 2014.

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