Raftsmen, members of the Kiba ‘kakunori’ preservation society, perform a stunt on floating square timber logs at a festival in Tokyo on Sunday, October 16, 2016. (All photos by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO)
The stunts come from the daily work of lumberjacks during the Edo period (1603-1868), when they made rafts with fire-hooks in their hands standing on floating logs.
The show only takes place once a year in October in Kiba Park in Tokyo.
