This flaming display held in mid-February is called Dondo yaki, in which huge pyres of New Year's decorations are burned to send off old spirits and to pray for health and safety in the upcoming year.
Photo of the Day Archive for January 2004
Riding the Eastern & Oriental Express
Photo of the Day Archive for November 2005
Photo of the Day Archive for May 2004
Photo of the Day Archive for March 2005
Lost and Found at Cinequest 21
Hadaka Matsuri Getting Naked...In Japan...In January
Miyagawa, Takayama: A Morning By the Crystal River
20 things in Tokyo