On TV program “Ninki kyujosho Watch” in 15th Aug.
“Saiodai” of Aoi festival (15th May), Kyoto was introduced as the hottest keyword in Japan now.
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Aug. 16th is famous fire festival “Gozan no Okuribi”, light up Kyoto’s night sky.
There is a custom to get cinder after festival to put on the entrance of each fire
which works as charm against evil spirits.
This custom is not known. However, next day, early morning many people
climb five mountains as exercise too.
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Gozan no Okuribi Changes the time to fire since 51 years ago.
It was held one of the three major fire festival of Kyoto “Gozan no Okuribi” in Aug. 16th which is to send forward ancestors spirits came back during Obon. Around 40,000 people grazed intently at fire letters on the mountains.
It was worried about previous hard rain but as annually started at 8 o’clock fired “Daimonji” letter on Mt. Myoigatake. After that, from the East to the West fired different surround mountains’ of Kyoto city letters were fired.
This year, changed a little bit the schedule of the time of fire two of five letters 5 minutes earlier. This was happened in 1963 since 51 years ago.
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