KURAMA NO HI MATSURI

During the Torch Festival, people gather at Yuki Shrine, and huge torches are carried by men in traditional costumes who parade and walk up the mountain. It is a festival that evokes another time, when, in 940, after a series of disasters and natural catastrophes, the god Uki Daimyōjin was ascended to the shrine that bears his name on the side of Mount Kurama. The festival takes place on exactly the same day as another important event at Heian Jingu, the historic Jidai Matsuri parade.