KYOTO -- The Kyoto Gozan Okuribi fire event was held Tuesday night in its pre-pandemic form for the first time in three years on mountains in Kyoto City.
Fires in the shape of kanji characters, a boat and a torii gate were lit up on five mountains in the ancient capital to send off the departed souls of ancestors, said to visit the world of the living during the Bon holiday period. The event was scaled down for the past two years amid the coronavirus pandemic, but residents and visitors were able to enjoy the annual event in its regular form this year.
