Naked Man Festival

Much to Rei's disappointment, this turned out to be more of a "Scantily Clad Man Festival" but was still a great night out. Semi-naked men, partially covered in hot wax, jumping into an icy pond to purify themselves before fighting the crowds to have the honour of entering the inner sanctum of the temple. At least, that's what we thought was going on.

And a street full of festival food. Haven't seen the staff so happy for a long time, dazzled as they were with the choice of more than five things.