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
Eclipsed in Hong Kong
Riding the Eastern & Oriental Express
Kung Hei Fat Choi
Photo of the Day Archive for October 2006
20 things in Tokyo
Hadaka Matsuri Getting Naked...In Japan...In January
Lost and Found at Cinequest 21
Miyagawa, Takayama: A Morning By the Crystal River