Kyoto’s annual giant mountain bonfire displays drastically reduced in 2020

Gozan no Okuribi organizers strike a balance between tradition and safety. Every year in August, during the Obon season in Japan, Kyoto holds the Gozan no Okuribi event in which gigantic shapes are created in fire on cleared areas of five mountains. The name “okuribi” means “send-off fire” as it’s meant to wish farewell to […]

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