Daimonjiyama
大文字山
だいもんじやま
Mountainside where fires are lit tracing the strokes of the character
大 (dai, meaning great). Similar fires are lit on the slopes
of four other mountains around Kyoto on the final evening of the
three days of Bon to bid farewell to the souls of the deceased who
are believed to revisit family homes for the festival. The shapes
outlined in flame on the other hills include a boat and the characters
妙(myo) and 法(ho) (which together mean "mystic law").
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