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Daimonji Gozan Okuribi Bonfires

By Shibuya246 · · 1 min read · 5 photos · 6 comments

The daimonji bonfire to the East of KyotoPhoto dataCameraNikon D700Focal length300mmAperturef/5.6Shutter4sISO200Taken16 Aug 2013, 20:05
The daimonji bonfire to the East of Kyoto

On August 16th each year the traditional Gozan no Okuribi 五山送り火 bonfires are lit on the mountain side around Kyoto. This is part of the obon festival. There are five bonfires in total. I managed to capture a few of them this year.

Hidari (left) DaimonjiPhoto dataCameraNikon D700Focal length300mmAperturef/5.6Shutter1/20sISO6400Taken16 Aug 2013, 20:26
Hidari (left) Daimonji
The ship bonfire (funagata)Photo dataCameraNikon D700Focal length300mmAperturef/5.6Shutter1/15sISO6400Taken16 Aug 2013, 20:25
The ship bonfire (funagata)
Daimonji a bit further backPhoto dataCameraNikon D700Focal length125mmAperturef/5.6Shutter1/4sISO6400Taken16 Aug 2013, 20:17
Daimonji a bit further back
A couple more charactersPhoto dataCameraNikon D700Focal length125mmAperturef/5.6Shutter1/4sISO6400Taken16 Aug 2013, 20:14
A couple more characters

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  1. Alex Christen

    Nice shot. credit goes to the camera man.

  2. Midtown Modern

    Nice shot! Credits to photographer!

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    Nice shot! Credits to photographer!

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  6. Lovron

    Amazing Shots!! Kudos !