On the evening of the 17th, Myorenji Temple in Kumafu, Kikuchi City, held its traditional lantern-floating ceremony on the Sakama River. Families observing their first Obon (Buddhist festival honoring ancestors) offered prayers to the spirit boats and lanterns floating down the river, remembering their deceased loved ones.
The boats, approximately 5 meters long, were made by temple parishioners from straw and bamboo and decorated with colored p…
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On the evening of the 17th, Myorenji Temple in Kumafu, Kikuchi City, held its traditional lantern-floating ceremony on the Sakama River. Families observing their first Obon (Buddhist festival honoring ancestors) offered prayers to the spirit boats and lanterns floating down the river, remembering their deceased loved ones.
The boats, approximately 5 meters long, were made by temple parishioners from straw and bamboo and decorated with colored p…