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Float of 'hell king' drawn at spa resort festival

NOBORIBETSU, Japan - A float featuring "Emma Daio" (the Great King of Hell) is drawn during the annual "Jigoku Matsuri" (Hell Festival) at the Noboribetsu spa resort in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Aug. 30, 2014.

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Kids carry devil palanquin at spa resort festival

NOBORIBETSU, Japan - Children carry on their shoulders a devil palanquin during the annual "Jigoku Matsuri" (Hell Festival) at the Noboribetsu spa resort in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Aug. 30, 2014.

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The crater of Mt. Aso

Two men are looking at the rising steam. They are standing on a rock protruding from a slope, not part of the crater of the currently active Nakadake. The English caption suggests that this is a so-called jigoku (hell). Steam, not smoke, is gushing from the crater.==Date:1904, Place:Kumamoto, Photo:Underwood, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number97‐2‐0]

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Float of 'hell king' drawn at spa resort festival

NOBORIBETSU, Japan - A float featuring "Emma Daio" (the Great King of Hell) is drawn during the annual "Jigoku Matsuri" (Hell Festival) at the Noboribetsu spa resort in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Aug. 30, 2014. (Kyodo)

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The Unzen Hells

Taken around 1887, this hand-tinted photograph depicts steam vents at Unzen. The areas where hot steam spurted from the ground were called jigoku (hell) because they reminded people of hell.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number101‐6‐0]

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Jigoku (Hell), Hakone

Jigoku (Hell), Hakone==Date:Early Meiji, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Hell festival held in Hokkaido hot spring city of Noboribetsu

A 6-meter-tall float shaped like Enma (the King of Hell) proceeds through a street in the hot spring city of Noboribetsu, Hokkaido, on Aug. 27, 2016, during the annual Noboribetsu Jigoku Matsuri (Hell Festival). The festival is held annually based on an old legend saying that once every year, the lid to the Jigokudani (Hell Valley) cauldron opens, and Enma, followed by a horde of red and blue demons, appears in Noboribetsu. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hell festival held in Hokkaido hot spring city of Noboribetsu

A 6-meter-tall float shaped like Enma (the King of Hell) proceeds through a street in the hot spring city of Noboribetsu, Hokkaido, on Aug. 27, 2016, during the annual Noboribetsu Jigoku Matsuri (Hell Festival). The festival is held annually based on an old legend saying that once every year, the lid to the Jigokudani (Hell Valley) cauldron opens, and Enma, followed by a horde of red and blue demons, appears in Noboribetsu. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo