12th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Culture and the Arts
The Brave Men
This fire festival is held in Tejikara shrine to April every year. The origin of this festival is unknown, but it has a history of over 300 years. In this festival, shirtless men carry a mikoshi (portable shrine) charged with gunpowder in the sparks showering as waterfall. Firing gunpowder of mikoshi, it makes tremendous scene.
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 04.2014 |
Date Uploaded: | 11.2014 |
Photo Location: | Gifu Prefecture, Japan |
Camera: | Canon EOS 5D Mark III |
Copyright: | © Hidetoshi Ogata |