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Bonfire at edge of town
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The family fire
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View from the crowd
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Mikoshi being brought down the mountain from Kurama Temple
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A firefighter in firelight
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Inferno!
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The ladies of the house
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Samurai ancestors
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Samurai ancestors
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Samurai ancestors
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Elders leading the procession
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The mikoshi being returned to the shrine
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Visitors roped into pulling the mikoshi
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I run into Esther and Michael pulling the mikoshi
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Happily accepting a flaming torch
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Lighting a fresh torch
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Me, as a member of a torch-wielding procession
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With one hand I help pull the mikoshi, with the other I hold a flaming torch
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Torches into the distance
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The procession nears the shrine
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The largest of the ritual torches, only for the local men to lay hands on
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Preparing to bear the mikoshi into the shrine
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Village elder with a serious torch
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Shouldering the mikoshi
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Riding the mikoshi
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Shouldering the mikoshi
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Shouldering the mikoshi
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Ritually carrying the massive torches
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Marking the festival's end with a ritual drink of sake.
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Yuki Shrine （由岐神社）
