KYOTO, Oct 26 (News On Japan) –
Around 500 blazing torches lit up the night sky on October 22nd as Kyoto’s famed Kurama Fire Festival, one of the city’s three most extraordinary festivals, took place around Yuki Shrine in Sakyo Ward.
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The festival traces its origins back to the year 940, when Emperor Suzaku transferred the deity Yuki Daimyojin from the Imperial Palace to Kurama to pray for peace and the happiness of the people, illuminating the procession route with torches.
Shouts of “Saireiya, Sairyo”—meaning “the best festival”—echoed through the streets as young men wearing traditional loincloths carried torches roughly three meters long through the community, filling the ancient capital with heat and light.
Source: 産経ニュース
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