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A strange festival held in the early morning of winter at Kawarayu Onsen in Naganohara Town, Gunma Prefecture "Yukake Festival"
One day, about 400 years after Minamoto Yoritomo discovered the hot spring, the hot spring suddenly disappeared. The villagers were exhausted, but when one of them smelled the hot springs, he smelled boiled chicken eggs. So we sacrificed the chicken and prayed, and the hot water came out again, so we all decided to celebrate.
At first, we were happy to say, "Hot water, hot water," but then we all started pouring hot water on each other by saying, "It's a celebration, it's a celebration."
I'm pouring hot water on a red and white kusudama with live chickens!
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Titled "The strange festival of Heaven", the "Yukake Festival" of Kawaharayu Onsen in Naganohara Town, Gunma Prefecture.
It is held every year from 5 a.m. on January 20, and participants in loincloths pour hot spring water over each other.
I would like to give an honorable mention to this photo that cuts out a scene of a vigorous festival that seems to have hot water flying up to here.
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