Aug 16, 2005

Spirited Away


Visiting a graveyard at night sounds spooky huh?
But with all the lanterns litted up, wow, it was not scary at all.



Garden of lanterns


Sharp at 8pm, the spirits were guided back "home".


Yup, last call to go "home".

Obon is celebrated from 13th to 15th of the 7th month of the Year according to the solar calendar. It is a Buddhist event for commemorating one's ancestor.

In Kyoto, 5 mountains will be litted up consecutively to guide the spirits back to their "world".

For more info, check on my friend's at OhMyMai

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nice nice nice.....hahaha....I no need to put up my pics since you did. Just guide them to your blog!
Ai Ling

Giancarlo said...

Stolen pictures? Mmmmmm... Bad... Too bad... Let's call the Internet Police!

Eddie said...

stolen pictures? which one?
did u get the wrong idea of what Ai Ling said?
She meant that since she took the picture at the same location as I did, we might have the same pictures..haha

Patrick Leong said...

well the first two pictures are nice especially the second one. very harmonious. where is this place ? i might want to go there next year.

Eddie said...

it is in Otani Jinja situated in Maruyama Park.

Anonymous said...

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Michael said...

Some of the finest fireworks photos I've seen.

Nice work.

Giancarlo said...

Cool! Now you're getting blog-spam too!!! Welcome to the club... snif!

zbjernak said...

wah like ours...
HUNGRY GHOST FESTIVAL....just passed
in fact i believe they celebrate for the same festival....

now ours just being more chaotic, loud, colourful...
while the jap..theirs are more peaceful....art....and harmony

Eddie said...

Giancarlo * yeah, blog spam ! shit

Zbjernek* I miss the Hungry Ghost Fest in Malaysia. Most of the celebration here is solemn.

Patrick Leong said...

oh you have blog spams :P no wonderla you didnt tease me when i have pop-up ads in my blog. :) padan muka. some more accused me said i dictatorship.

Eddie said...

at least i dont have pop-ups !