After spending the day in Kyoto Ferra-Lynn and I stayed to see the Daimonji Gozan Okuribi which is a festival held in Kyoto once a year. The Daimonji Gozan Okuribi is a festival to celebrate the end of Obon. Obon is a week in August where all the spirits of ancestors return and you must pay respects to them. Many Japanese people travel in this week in order to return to their family homes. This festival in Kyoto signals the end of the Obon and allows the spirits of the ancestors to return. 5 fires are lit on the mountains surrounding Kyoto and are in the shape of kanji - dai monji (the first and largest), myo (life), ho (Buddhist law), funagata (ship) and hidari daimonji (left large fire). We managed to see dai monji which was really large and also ho. It was busy but also really interesting to see.
The river where we were waiting to see the fires
Dai monji - you can't see but it is on a mountain!
Dai monji from a different angle
Ho which was fading a little
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That festival sounded interesting. Good that you are doing different things hey?!
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