Sominsai

8:10 PM to 9:00 PM
Saturday 29 June
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This year saw the end of Sominsai, a festival in which loinclothed men plunge into freezing water, are enveloped in smoke, and jostle through the night to grasp a lucky sack as a form of prayer.

Sominsai airs on NHK World HD at 8:10 PM, Saturday 29 June.
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