Organizers angered as ceremonial giant kanji “fire” in Kyoto lit early and unofficially

Whoever did this made a “big” mistake. As we reported previously, Kyoto’s annual Gozan no Okuribi ceremony, in which massive shapes are made using several bonfires on mountainsides, has been drastically reduced this year to prevent large crowds from gathering and potentially spreading COVID-19. ▼ How the fires look during normal times. The first and foremost […]

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