Candle festival on Mt. Koya

Candle festival on Mt. Koya

About 100,000 candles are lit during the annual candle festival at Okunoin cemetery on Mt. Koya in Koya in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 13, 2026.

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