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Yomiuri Shimbun wrote:CHANGING SEASONS / Golden rain requires iron nerve
Yomiuri Shimbun 2004-07-22
A man braves a downpour of pyrotechnic sparks cascading from the mouth of a bamboo mortar he is holding tight to his side.
The shower of golden sparks rained down upon him for about 30 seconds from a height of 10 meters before the display terminated abruptly and noisily with the bottom of the 1-meter-long cylinder bursting with a bang.
The 450-year-old event was the most exciting part of a three-day festival held at Gionjinja shrine in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture...
