Last night I went to a fire festival called the Kurama no hi Matsuri in Kyoto. All of the homes in t
Last night I went to a fire festival called the Kurama no hi Matsuri in Kyoto. All of the homes in the little town of Kurama had small fires lit outside of them. Then half naked Japanese men carrying giant 20 ft tall torches came and chanted. They then grabbed the torches and moved them to shrine where they made one huge bonfire. It was my first Japanese festival and it did not disappoint. -- source link
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