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Japan’s most terrifying ghouls, monsters and demons come out to frighten the public on a street believed to border the spirit world.
Festival-goers sustain injuries, suffer broken bones at one of the most dangerous festivals in Japan.
We join the festivities at Suga Shrine, made famous as one of the real-life locations from the hit anime film Your Name.
Special penis shrine books will even be available for the first time this year.
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