These are pictures of an annual volunteer fire-fighers' drill held in Kumamoto Prefecture. The fire-fighters wearing traditional fire-fighters' clothes from the Edo Period competed in knocking the target out of the basket on the top of the pole by discharging water from the river with a hand pump. After that they battled with each other with their hoses and hand pumps in and out of the river.
What a fun event to see! You really caught the competitiveness between the opposite teams!
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