When: February
Dates: Around Lunar New Year
City: Bungotakada
Website: City tourism website (Japanese), Oita Tourism website (Japanese)
Description:
​​​​This festival, held around Lunar New Year, displays the Kunisaki Peninsula's unique religious culture. Held only at two temples in the entire country, this festival prays for a good harvest and good health. It is a long event, featuring men in fundoshi (loincloths) purifying themselves in a river, giant flaming torches being rammed into each other, and ritual dancing by priests; the main event is two priests dressed up as red and black demons, running around the wooden temple and smacking the audience with flaming torches. 

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