October 15, 2006
TOKYO, JAPAN - Carrying a boy (C) by a palanquin, successors of traditional Japanese raftsmen, known as "kawanami", perform a stunt riding on floating square logs during an annual local festival on October 15, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan. The stunt was derived from lumberjacks' daily work in Tokyo during the Edo period (1603-1868) when they made rafts with fire-hooks in their hands standing on floating lumber. (Photo by TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images)