Fire Walking Festival in Japan (秋葉山・火防祭)

Fire walking Festival in Japan: Each December 6th., the Akibasan Hibuse Matsuri fire-walking festival is held at a temple/shrine in Itabashi, close to Odawara Japan. The actual fire burns extremely hot since it is made of slats of dry wood. Once the wood pile has collapsed, the embers are spread evenly. The monks then walk slowly across the fire, followed by local children (!) and then by any brave spectators. The charred embers of the fire-walking site are evidently poor conductors of heat!

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• Travel
• Odawara
• Japan
• Itabashi
• fire-walking
• Asia
• Akibasan Hibuse Matsuri
• 秋葉山・火防祭
• 板橋
• 小田原
• 秋葉山