Yagi fireworks 南丹市やぎの花火大会
Fireworks Yagi.
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August 14th
Colorful and luminous water lanterns, followed by fireworks: in Yagi, mid-August is marked by superb ceremonies.
Since 1947, the Oi river (city of Nantan, Yagi district) has hosted two celebrations on the eve of the Day of the Dead ( Obon ).
The festivities begin at 6 pm with the Buddhist ceremony of Toro Nagashi (灯籠 流 し), during which hundreds of paper lanterns are launched. Two hours later, it was the turn of the Nantan-shi Yagi Hanabi (Nantan-Yagi fireworks) to be fired. It commemorates the memory of the victims of the great Pacific typhoon of 1960.
Yagi's Fireworks (2012), video by Torayatorao.
Address, timetable & access
Address
Timetable
By train: 35 min from Kyoto station (JR Sagano line), get off at Yagi then walk 5 min to reach the banks of the Oi River.Price
Free admissionAccess
8 pm - 9 pm. Postponed to August 16 in rainy weather
