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    Gozan no Okuribi (五山送り火, roughly "The Five Mountainous Send-Off Fires"), more commonly known as Daimonji (大文字, roughly "big letter"), is a festival in...
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    Anthony The Great. Every 16 August the ancient city of Kyoto holds the Gozan no Okuribi, a Buddhist bonfire-based spectacle, which marks the end of the *O-Bon...
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  • political concerts around Japan, including a Kyoto University concert on Gozan no Okuribi protesting the construction of the Sanrizuka airport. In 1970, after...
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    a massive parade on July 17. Kyoto marks the Bon Festival with the Gozan no Okuribi, lighting fires on mountains to guide the spirits home (August 16)...
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  • used for the series: "Maigoinu to Ame no Beat" by Asian Kung-Fu Generation as the opening theme, and "Kamisama no Iutōri (神様のいうとおり, lit. "As God Dictates")...
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    Bennington Battle Day (Vermont, United States) Children's Day (Paraguay) Gozan no Okuribi (Kyoto, Japan) The first day of the Independence Days (Gabon) National...
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    permanent dwelling place under the guidance of fire in a ritual known as Okuribi ("sending fire"), or, in a larger scale, the Burning of the Character Big...
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    Botanical Garden and several of the mountains lit up during the yearly Gozan no Okuribi festival, including the main Daimonji-yama. The South Korean government...
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  • Dongzhi Festival Deezezazu Festival of Floral Offerings Ghost Festival Gozan no Okuribi Gunla Gunla Bajan Guru Purnima Hari-Kuyo Hungry ghost Jana Baha Dyah...
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  • (Eastern Orthodox Church) August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Gozan no Okuribi (Kyoto, Japan) National Airborne Day (United States) Restoration Day...
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    Western, US Festival of Burning the Character Big, Japan Diwali, India Gozan no Okuribi, Kyoto, Japan The Oroqens' Fire Festival (オロチョンの火祭り), Hokkaido, Japan...
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    Peru; most of them are personal graffiti, not community symbols. Gozan no Okuribi, Japanese festival involving giant hillside bonfires in the shape of...
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    Exhibition Kyoto Hemp Forum Festivals in Kyoto Aoi Matsuri Gion Matsuri Gozan no Okuribi Jidai Matsuri Languages of Kyoto Kansai dialect Media in Kyoto Newspapers...
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    Fire Festival Gozan Okuribi Ritual Fires|五山送り火 (Discover Kyoto) Hakone Gora Summer Festival Daimonji-yaki (Kanagawa Prefecture) Okuribi (Ceremonial Bonfire...
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    Daikokuten) Kirarazaka Matsugasaki Bridge (over the Takano River) Gozan no Okuribi (Myō/Hō) 7-Eleven Kyoto Shūgakuin Ekimae Shūgakuin Depot Wikimedia...
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  • Kantō, Aomori Nebuta, Tokushima Awa Dance Festival, Gion Festival, and Gozan no Okuribi in both Kyoto, Gujo-Hachiman Bon Dance Festival, Hakata Gion Yamakasa...
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    characters meaning "wondrous dharma" (referring to Buddhist teachings) of Gozan no Okuribi are held at the north of the station on 16 August every year.。 It is...
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    544, Gion Matsuri from 869, Ine Matsuri from the Edo-era, Daimonji Gozan Okuribi from 1662, and Jidai Matsuri from 1895. Every shrine and temple holds...
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