The Bamboo Shade is Lifted Once a Year- on January 28th – Revealing the 12th Century Buddhist Cliff Carving in Oda, Tsukuba (小田の磨崖不動明王立像), » 130128_1503~01

The nimblest of the local men at the event was able to scamper up the cliff (with the help of a chain) and set the new shade into place