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Fire festival in Kyoto

Young men hold up huge torches during a fire festival dating back to 940 on Mt. Kurama in Kyoto on Oct. 22, 2025.

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Fire festival in Kyoto

An annual fire festival dating back to 940 is held on Mt. Kurama in Kyoto on Oct. 22, 2025.

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Fire festival in Kyoto

Young men hold up huge torches during a fire festival dating back to 940 on Mt. Kurama in Kyoto on Oct. 22, 2025.

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Fire festival in Kyoto

Young men hold up huge torches during a fire festival dating back to 940 on Mt. Kurama in Kyoto on Oct. 22, 2025.

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Ceremony to pray for rich grain harvest at Kyoto temple

A man posing as a monk soldier chops a green bamboo stalk, representing a big snake, during a traditional ceremony dating back over 1,000 years to pray for a rich harvest of grain at Kurama Temple in Kyoto on June 20, 2025.

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Ceremony to pray for rich grain harvest at Kyoto temple

A man posing as a monk soldier chops a green bamboo stalk, representing a big snake, during a traditional ceremony dating back over 1,000 years to pray for a rich harvest of grain at Kurama Temple in Kyoto on June 20, 2025.

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Fire festival in Kyoto

Young men swing huge torches during a fire festival dating back to 940 on Mt. Kurama in Kyoto on Oct. 22, 2024.

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Fire festival in Kyoto

Young men swing huge torches during a fire festival dating back to 940 on Mt. Kurama in Kyoto on Oct. 22, 2024.

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Fire festival in Kyoto

Young men swing huge torches during a fire festival dating back to 940 on Mt. Kurama in Kyoto on Oct. 22, 2024.

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Ceremony to pray for rich grain harvest at Kyoto temple

KYOTO,Japan, June 20 Kyodo -A man posing as a monk soldier chops green bamboo stalks, representing a big snake, during a traditional ceremony dating back over 1,000 years to pray for a rich harvest of grain at Kurama Temple in Kyoto on June 20, 2024.(Kyodo)

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Ceremony to pray for rich grain harvest at Kyoto temple

A man posing as a monk soldier chops green bamboo stalks, representing a big snake, during a traditional ceremony dating back over 1,000 years to pray for a rich harvest of grain at Kurama Temple in Kyoto on June 20, 2024.

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Kyoto train running through 'fall foliage tunnel'

KYOTO, Japan - A train on Eizan Electric Railway Co.'s Kurama Line in northern Kyoto, western Japan, is running through the lit up fall foliage on Nov. 8, 2014.

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Kyoto train running through 'fall foliage tunnel'

KYOTO, Japan - A train on Eizan Electric Railway Co.'s Kurama Line in northern Kyoto, western Japan, is running through the lit up fall foliage on Nov. 8, 2014.

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Young men swing huge torches at Kyoto fire festival

KYOTO, Japan - Fire sparks glitter as young men swing huge torches during the annual Kurama Fire Festival at a shrine on Mt. Kurama in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 22, 2014.

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Huge torches light up night sky at Kyoto fire festival

KYOTO, Japan - Huge torches held by young men light up the night sky during the annual Kurama Fire Festival at a shrine on Mt. Kurama in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 22, 2014.

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Young men hold up huge torches at Kyoto fire festival

KYOTO, Japan - Young men hold up huge torches during the annual Kurama Fire Festival at a shrine on Mt. Kurama in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 22, 2014.

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Bamboo cutting ritual at Kurama Temple

KYOTO, Japan - Men in armed priest costumes cut lengths of bamboo, symbolizing big snakes, with swords during the traditional "Takekirie" bamboo cutting ritual at Kurama Temple in Kyoto City on June 20, 2014.

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Bamboo cutting ritual at Kurama Temple

KYOTO, Japan - A man wearing the costume of a warrior priest cuts a bamboo, symbolizing a big snake, with a sword during the traditional "Takekirie" bamboo cutting ritual at Kurama Temple in Kyoto City on June 20, 2014.

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Maritime Self-Defense Force fleet review

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reviews a parade of Maritime Self-Defense Force vessels from aboard the escort ship Kurama in Sagami Bay off Kanagawa Prefecture on Oct. 14, 2012.

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Maritime Self-Defense Force fleet review

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks during a fleet review of the Maritime Self-Defense Force aboard the escort ship Kurama in Sagami Bay off Kanagawa Prefecture on Oct. 14, 2012. Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto is standing nearby (3rd from L).

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Damaged MSDF destroyer Kurama

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The destroyer Kurama (R) of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, with its bow damaged, is seen docked at a pier in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 28, 2009.

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Damaged MSDF destroyer Kurama

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The destroyer Kurama (R) of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, with its bow damaged, is seen docked at a pier in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 28, 2009, with the South Korean-registered container vessel Carina Star, which collided with the Kurama, behind it.

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Damaged container Carina Star

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - A part of the starboard bow of the South Korean-registered container vessel Carina Star is seen damaged in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 28, 2009, following a collision with the destroyer Kurama of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force the previous day.

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MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Japan Coast Guard staff inspect the damaged Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama in Kitakyushu on Oct. 28, 2009. The vessel's bow was damaged in a collision with the South Korean container ship Carina Star the previous night in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures.

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MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Japan Coast Guard staff inspect the damaged Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama in Kitakyushu on Oct. 28, 2009. The vessel's bow was damaged in a collision with the South Korean container ship Carina Star the previous night in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures.

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MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 28, 2009, shows the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama, whose bow was damaged the previous night after colliding with the South Korean container ship Carina Star in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures.

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MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 28, 2009, shows the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama (front) and the South Korean container ship Carina Star (middle). The two vessels collided in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures the previous night. The Kammon Bridge is seen in the background.

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MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 28, 2009, shows the damaged Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama in Kitakyushu. The vessel's bow was damaged the previous night after colliding with the South Korean container ship Carina Star in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures.

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MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 28, 2009, shows the damaged Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama in Kitakyushu. The vessel's bow was damaged the previous night after colliding with the South Korean container ship Carina Star in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures.

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MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 28, 2009, shows the South Korean container ship Carina Star. Its right side was damaged in a collision with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama the previous night in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures.

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Damaged MSDF destroyer Kurama

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 28, 2009, shows the damaged Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama in Kitakyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka. The vessel's bow was damaged the previous night after colliding with the South Korean container ship Carina Star in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures.

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MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Strait

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama gets hosed down Oct. 28, 2009, as it caught fire after colliding with the South Korean container ship Carina Star the previous night in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures.

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Damaged MSDF destroyer Kurama

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The bow of the destroyer Kurama of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force is seen damaged after a collision with the South Korean-registered container vessel Carina Star in the Kammon Strait in western Japan on Oct. 27, 2009.

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Container after collision with destroyer

FUKUOKA, Japan - The South Korean-registered container vessel Carina Star is seen after its collision with the destroyer Kurama of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force in the Kammon Strait in western Japan on Oct. 27, 2009.

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Damaged MSDF destroyer Kurama

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The bow of the destroyer Kurama of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force is seen damaged after a collision with the South Korean-registered container vessel Carina Star in the Kammon Strait in western Japan on Oct. 27, 2009.

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Damaged MSDF destroyer Kurama

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The bow of the destroyer Kurama of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force is seen damaged after a collision with the South Korean-registered container vessel Carina Star in the Kammon Strait in western Japan on Oct. 27, 2009.

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Damaged MSDF destroyer Kurama

FUKUOKA, Japan - The destroyer Kurama of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama gets hosed down Oct. 27, 2009, after it caught fire following a collision with the South Korean container vessel Carina Star in the Kammon Strait between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures.

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MSDF ship collides with S. Korean vessel in Kammon Straits

FUKUOKA, Japan - A fire blazes on the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces destroyer Kurama after it collided with a South Korean container ship in the Kammon Straits between Yamaguchi and Fukuoka prefectures on Oct. 27, 2009. The fire was brought under control, but the destroyer could not navigate by itself or drop anchor as its bow was damaged badly.

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MSDF ship collides with S. Korean container in Kammon Straits

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa speaks at a news conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2009, after the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces destroyer Kurama collided with a South Korean container ship in the Kammon Straits in Fukuoka Prefecture. The 5,200-ton destroyer caught fire following the collision and three crew members were slightly injured.

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MSDF destroyer Kurama

TOKYO, Japan - This undated file photo shows the destroyer Kurama of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. The destroyer was seriously damaged in a collision with a South Korean-registered container vessel in the Kammon Strait in western Japan on Oct. 27, 2009.

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Deputy Prime Minister Kan attends MSDF fleet review

ABOARD DESTROYER KURAMA IN SAGAMI BAY, Japan - Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L) watches a fleet review of the Maritime Self-Defense Force on the destroyer Kurama in Sagami Bay off Kanagawa Prefecture southwest of Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2009.

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Annual review of Maritime Self-Defense Force held

SAGAMI BAY, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reviews the parade of Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) vessels aboard the destroyer Kurama in Sagami Bay off Kanagawa Prefecture during the annual review of MSDF on Oct. 29.

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(1)Destroyer, plane leave for Sumatra to help tsunami victims

SASEBO, Japan - The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama (front), carrying a crew of 330, leaves Sasebo port in Nagasaki Prefecture on Jan. 14 to take part in the ongoing tsunami relief efforts in Indonesia's northern Sumatra Island.

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MSDF vessels return to Japan after Indian Ocean duty

SASEBO, Japan - Three Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) vessels -- the Kurama (L, background), the Kirisame (L, foreground) and the Hamana (R) -- anchor near their home port of Sasebo in Nagasaki Prefecture on March 16. The vessels returned to the port the previous day after being dispatched to the Indian Ocean as part of Japan's provision of noncombat support to the U.S.-led military operations in Afghanistan.

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(2)3 MSDF vessels leave Sasebo for Indian Ocean

SASEBO, Japan - Two destroyers of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) -- the 5,200-ton Kurama (foreground) and the 4,550-ton Kirisame (background) -- sail from the town of Oseto, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Nov. 9 after leaving the MSDF's Sasebo base earlier in the day. The two destroyers and the 8,100-ton supply ship Hamana are expected to arrive in the Indian Ocean in two weeks, where the three-ship flotilla will conduct a fact-finding mission as part of Japan's plan to provide noncombat support to the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan.

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(4)3 MSDF vessels leave Sasebo for Indian Ocean

SASEBO, Japan - Family members of Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) crew from three warships wave in a pool photo at the MSDF's Sasebo base in Nagasaki Prefecture on Nov. 9 as the three vessels leave the base for the Indian Ocean. The three ships -- the 5,200-ton destroyer Kurama, the destroyer 4,550-ton Kirisame and the 8,100-ton supply ship Hamana -- were sent to the area as part of Japan's plan to provide noncombat support to the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan.

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(1)3 MSDF vessels leave Sasebo for Indian Ocean

SASEBO, Japan - The 5,200-ton destroyer Kurama of the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) leaves a wharf of the MSDF's Sasebo base in Nagasaki Prefecture on Nov. 9 on a two-month fact-finding mission in the Indian Ocean as part of Japan's plan to provide noncombat support to the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan. The Kurama, along with the 4,550-ton destroyer Kirisame and the 8,100-ton supply ship Hamana, are expected to arrive in the Indian Ocean in two weeks.

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Kyoto's autumn fire festival excites revelers

The annual autumn fire festival in Kurama in the mountains of northern Kyoto excites festivalgoers. In the festival, known as ''Kurama-no-Himatsuri,'' thousands of torches are carried or placed at the side of the road leading up to the Yuki Shrine. Revelers shout in unison, ''Come take part in this Shinto ritual.'' The festival, sponsored by the shrine, dates back to the 10th century.

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Fire festival in Kyoto

Young men swing huge torches during a fire festival on Mt. Kurama in Kyoto on Oct. 22, 2022, following a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Fire festival in Kyoto

Young men swing huge torches during a fire festival on Mt. Kurama in Kyoto on Oct. 22, 2022, following a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.