An outline of a woman praying in the flames, Nanbu fire festival
An outline of a woman praying in the flames, Nanbu fire festival
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The Nanbu Fire Festival is held each August 15 and sees a roughly two-kilometer stretch of the Fujikawa River transformed into a sea of crimson flame, while fireworks light up the summer sky with equal intensity.
The festival originated in the mid-Edo period (1603-1868) as an event to end Obon, an important Buddhist festival during which ancestral spirits are welcomed back to the realm of the living, and to simultaneously pray for the protection of rice fields from beetles and other pests.
After years of inactivity, the Nanbu Fire Festival was revived on a grand scale in 1988. It is once again one of Yamanashi Prefecture’s most eagerly anticipated annual events, wowing thousands of spectators along both banks of the river and up on vantage points such as Utsubuna Park.
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The Nanbu Fire Festival is held each August 15 and sees a roughly two-kilometer stretch of the Fujikawa River transformed into a sea of crimson flame, while fireworks light up the summer sky with equal intensity.
The festival originated in the mid-Edo period (1603-1868) as an event to end Obon, an important Buddhist festival during which ancestral spirits are welcomed back to the realm of the living, and to simultaneously pray for the protection of rice fields from beetles and other pests.
After years of inactivity, the Nanbu Fire Festival was revived on a grand scale in 1988. It is once again one of Yamanashi Prefecture’s most eagerly anticipated annual events, wowing thousands of spectators along both banks of the river and up on vantage points such as Utsubuna Park.
https://www.yamanashi-kankou.jp/english/uncover/nanbu-fire-festival.html