Burning Characters into the Mountains – Daimonji
Posted on 17. Aug, 2012 @ 4:19 pm by harvey in Culture, Kyoto, Travel Views: 1,748
I had the opportunity to witness Daimonji yesterday with some friends. We all met on a friend’s balcony in Sanjyo. Pretty spectacular view!
The wikipedia entry on Daimonji, officially called gozan no okuribito, does a better job of explaning the event than I could ever attempt. So read it.
At the most basic level daimonji is entertaining because there are five giant bonfires lit in the mountains… on a deeper level, it is an ancient ritual that marks the end of Obon, sending dead ancestors back to the spirit world.
Unfortunately I didn’t have a zoom lens on me, (actually I don’t own one…) so these photos were all taken with a 35mm. Still I was pretty close huh?
There are some better pictures on of Daimonji on Wikipedia here.
Had a ton of fun!
Daimonji 2012
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