THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 20, 2020 at 18:05 JST
Revelers douse each other with hot water at the Yukake Matsuri festival in Naganohara, Gunma Prefecture, on Jan. 20. (Hiroki Endo)
NAGANOHARA, Gunma Prefecture--Getting doused with buckets of water on a frigid winter morning isn't for the faint of heart, but luckily for the scantily clad participants at the Yukake Matsuri festival here, the water was hot. [Read More]
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