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Traditional Fire Festival Held in Shingu, Wakayama (Kyodo News)

On the 6th, the traditional fire festival "Otomo Matsuri" was held at Kamikura Shrine, a World Heritage Site in Shingu City, Wakayama Prefecture. Men in white robes carrying flaming torches ran down steep stone steps. The men, dressed in brave outfits with rough ropes around their waists and wearing straw sandals, climbed the stone steps of the mountain where the shrine is located from the evening, and then passed through the mountains.
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On the 6th, the traditional fire festival "Otomo Matsuri" was held at Kamikura Shrine, a World Heritage Site in Shingu City, Wakayama Prefecture. Men in white robes carrying flaming torches ran down steep stone steps. The men, dressed in brave outfits with rough ropes around their waists and wearing straw sandals, climbed the stone steps of the mountain where the shrine is located from the evening, and then passed through the mountains.

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熊本日日新聞社 broke the news in on Friday, February 6, 2026.
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