Aired Sunday 1 December, 7:10am - 8:00amon NHK World Europe

Sominsai

2024 saw the end of Sominsai, a festival in which men in loinclothes plunge into freezing water, enveloped in smoke, and jostle through the night to grasp a lucky sack as a form of prayer.

Category
Documentary / Special
Original air date
31/03/2024