Video: Man Cooked Over Fire
“Nanikore” finds an annual event that involves a man who looks like he’s cooking himself over a fire:
This is a Yutate Kagura ritual held every year in the town of Yamaga in Oita Prefecture. Similar rituals exist in other parts of Japan, but usually only involve the splashing of hot water. Yamaga is the only place where one can witness a man climbing into a scalding pot.
The man in the pot is 71-year-old Kenzo Koya. He’s been doing this every year for decades now, and he’s supposedly never suffered any burns in the process. He says that perfect concentration can prevent the body from being injured when undergoing such an ordeal.
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