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Hidari Daimonji without fire. 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 Kyoto, Japan. It is the culmination of the Obon festival on August 16, in which five giant bonfires are lit on mountains surrounding the city.
April 6, 1620 (Genna 6, 4th day of the 3rd month): More fires in Kyoto. 1673 (Enpō 1): There was a major fire in Kyoto. Residents of Kyoto and later historians of the period also called this the fire of the first year of Enpō. 1675 (Enpō 3): There was a significant fire in Kyoto. It was called the fire of the third year of Enpō. Notes
The commemorative plaque standing at the former site of the Ikedaya Inn. The Ikedaya incident (池田屋事件, Ikedaya jiken), also known as the Ikedaya affair or Ikedaya riot, was an armed encounter between the shishi which included masterless samurai formally employed by the Chōshū, Tosa and Higo domains (), and the Shinsengumi, the Bakufu's special police force in Kyoto on July 8, 1864 ...
The Kyoto Animation arson attack ( Japanese: 京都アニメーション放火殺人事件, Hepburn: Kyōto Animēshon hōka satsujin jiken, lit. 'Kyoto Animation arson murder incident') occurred at Kyoto Animation 's Studio 1 building in the Fushimi ward of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, on the morning of 18 July 2019. The arson killed 36 ...
Gion. Coordinates: 35.003496°N 135.775051°E. Hanamikoji street. Higashi geisha Tsunemomo surrounded by paper lanterns. Gion (祇園) [a] is a district of Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan, originating as an entertainment district in the Sengoku period, in front of Yasaka Shrine (Gion Shrine). The district was built to accommodate the needs of ...
Chef preparing a flaming onion volcano. Teppanyaki ( 鉄板焼き, teppan-yaki), often called hibachi ( 火鉢, "fire bowl") in the United States and Canada, [1] is a post-World War II style [2] of Japanese cuisine that uses an iron griddle to cook food. The word teppanyaki is derived from teppan ( 鉄板 ), the metal plate on which it is ...
Kyoto ( / ˈkjoʊtoʊ /; [3] Japanese: 京都, Kyōto [kʲoꜜːto] ⓘ ), officially Kyoto City (京都市, Kyōto-shi, [kʲoːtoꜜɕi] ⓘ), is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan 's largest and most populous island of Honshu. As of 2020, the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it the ninth-most ...
Ponto-chō. Coordinates: 35°00′29″N 135°46′16″E. Ponto-chō in the morning. Ponto-chō at night. Ponto-chō at night. Ponto-chō (先斗町) is a hanamachi district in Kyoto, Japan, known for its geisha and maiko, and is home to many of the city's okiya and traditional tea houses. Like Gion, Ponto-chō is famous for the preservation ...