Fire Festival

I saw this local festival in Ikeda, back in late August. The Kansai area has several prominent mountains with kanji (chinese characters) “written” on the side of the mountain. The kanji are illuminated with fire and festival participants parade through the streets with giant torches to bring the mountain fire through the town.

 

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2 Responses to “Fire Festival”

  1. Kiyomizu and fire festival pics « The Red Gate Says:

    October 2, 2007 at 8:47 pm

    […] trips, so there aren’t any stories or articles linked to these yet.  One gallery is of a fire festival I saw back in late August and the other is from a trip to Kyoto I made in September a few weeks […]

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  2. Gabbana Says:

    October 14, 2007 at 8:34 am

    Mou~
    I’m spittin chips that I missed it :/
    Looks FREAKING AWESEOME!

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