Kyoto Gozan Okuribi, or Daimonji Festival is on August 16th every year, large bonfires are lit in patterns that cover five mountainsides to give the effect of kanjis the size of a mountain are written in fire floating in the night sky.
Okerasai Festival (Kyoto, Yasaka Jinja(Shrine) 京都市東山区にある八坂神社)白朮祭 をけら詣り をけら参り おけらまいり
Light Some Bamboo Rope For a Year’s Worth of Good Luck
The Okerasai Festival at Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto on December 31st every year from about 7 pm to the wee hours if New Year morning is a unique event that reflects the culture of old Heian Kyo.