Hot Firemen in Their Underwear

I'm really just trying to increase my female readership.

The title isn't a misnomer, though, aside from perhaps the "hot" part. Twice a year volunteer firemen from the Kanazawa area gather in front of the castle to perform acrobatics on ladders and then run under fire hoses in freezing January weather.

I got there a little late because of the weather, and so I didn't get very many good shots of the acrobatics, but it was pretty impressive. I don't think they have any professional training, and they perch up there precariously holding different poses.

They're just hanging there now, but they were doing lunges off to the sides and hanging upside down at points.

 

I did, however, get a good picture or two and a video of the second part.

These are better men than I to run into towering jets of water in January.