The Mainichi Daily News | September 09, 2011
About 600 people visit Urakawa, Hokkaido, in late August each year to attend the two-day Bethel Festival, a hallucination and delusion competition for those suffering from alcoholism and other mental illnesses. The venue is two hours by bus from New Chitose Airport to Urakawa, in a fishing town...During the festival, alcoholics and patients with schizophrenia talk about hallucinations they have experienced, create a stir among the audience...more...


[color="Gray"]Notice the fishing photo (R) running next to the Hallucination Competition story.[/color]