Candle festival in western Japan

Candle festival in western Japan

Candles are lit to form the Chinese character for "bloom" in the annual candle festival at Okunoin cemetery at the Kongobuji temple in Mt. Koya in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 13, 2025.

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