The light for peace.
For those who do not know about To-myo matsuri. (灯明まつり)
・What is that.
An annual festival in Nagano wishing for peace.
The festival first started in the year of 2004.
You can see Zenkoji temple illuminated in 5 colors at night time during the festival.
And there are countless lanterns created by locals and volunteers, being aligned alongside the monzen-machi(門前町, a town built in front of a temple).
Anyone(literally anyone, no conditions at all) can create it and take part in the festival at the price of $10. And there is a contest on the lanterns, which you could win $500 if you won the first prize.
Yet, unfortunately, the application for this year has already been closed. Try next year!
Anyway, the festival is so beautiful and can be a good reason to visit Nagano!
I hope some of you will make mind to go there because of this blog.
I am going to go see it myself and upload some pictures of the festival. So do not miss it.
Period: between Feb 6-11/2019.
Location: Zenkoji-temple, Nagano
Nearest station: JR Nagano station
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