Hiwatari Matsuri Firewalking Ceremony
Sundays in Kyoto
Summers in Kyoto are filled with one festival after another. Tonight I traveled by bike, train, then on foot, hiking the final miles of steps up the side of a forested mountain to the chants of cicadas through the trees, finally making it to the very top to the Tanukidanisan Fudo-in Buddhist Temple.
Tonight’s festival was Hiwatari Matsuri, an annual fire…
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