Sagicho festival, a traditional fire festival with bonfires on the beach, to pray for good health and...
Participants hold sticks with hanging 'dango', small balls of glutinous rice, and stand next to bonfires during Sagicho festival, a traditional fire festival with bonfires on the beach, to pray for good health and happiness in Oiso, south of Tokyo, Japan January 14, 2023. Many of participants roast ‘dango’ and eat them with the hopes that they won’t catch a cold through the year in the annual festival which has hundreds of years history. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon