When the year is soon to turn new, in parts of Japan, mask wearing demons burst through the doors of homes wear lazy or misbehaving children live. Yelling insults and scolding the children whose laziness and time spent by the fire have left blisters, the local young men dressed as the Namahage will soon focus on the heads of the house.  Once they are done scaring the children out of their lazy ways, they will be treated to food and sake before moving on to the next home.  And when they get there, they ask...

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Martin Oswald, Summer 2019 Website Project