Candle-lighting ritual in Kyoto for deceased

Candle-lighting ritual in Kyoto for deceased

KYOTO, Japan - Visitors look at candlelit stone Buddha statues and stone pagodas at Adashino Nenbutsuji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Aug. 23, 2014, during "sento kuyo," a ritual for the deceased without families or relatives to visit the graves.

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