Gozan no Okuribi (Daimonji Bonfires)

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Gozan no Okuribi (Daimonji Bonfires)

Gozan no Okuribi (Daimonji Bonfires)

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When: August 16, 2026

Where: Kyoto City, Japan

Official Website: https://kyoto.travel/

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Watch the mountains of Kyoto burn with giant characters. Gozan no Okuribi marks the end of Obon, where massive bonfires in the shape of kanji characters and symbols are lit on the surrounding mountains to guide ancestral spirits back to the other world.

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