Hometown Stories

4:10 PM to 4:40 PM

Saturday 21 September

About 1,500 local men in traditional white costumes run down a mountain path, lighting up the night with sacred torches, in a centuries-old fire festival in Shingu City, western Japan.

Hometown Stories airs on NHK World at 4:10 PM, Saturday 21 September. (New.)

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