The Miyazu Toro Nagashi Fireworks Festival is held annually on August 16 in Miyazu City, Kyoto Prefecture. On this night, following the enchanting sight of lanterns floating on Miyazu Bay, the event ...

The Miyazu Toro Nagashi Fireworks Festival is held annually on August 16 in Miyazu City, Kyoto Prefecture. On this night, following the enchanting sight of lanterns floating on Miyazu Bay, the event ...

At sundown back at Banyan Tree, six toro nagashi (floating lanterns) are set adrift on the pond to commemorate dead ancestors. The ritual is to show “the ancients” the way home and to calm ...

Evenings at Yume - Floating Lanterns (Toro Nagashi)Tucson, Arizona, 11/05/2024 -- As the sun sets and darkness falls, visitors will come to enjoy the custom of Toro Nagashi, a symbolic and poignant ...

“We realized," Falkenstrom said, "what we were really recreating was the Obon festival in Japan." So Odaiko wanted to find a way to incorporate their traditions, including the Toro Nagashi ...

In Ashikaga, toro-nagashi has been held on Aug. 17 every year since 1950. During the event, people see off the souls of ancestors and deceased loved ones to the otherworld at the end of the Bon ...

A beach festival – so California. This San Diego weekend, whether on the sand, the bay front, the city streets or a park, we have a fest for you.

The Toro Nagashi ceremony here is especially poignant, as it also serves as a memorial for those lost in the atomic bombing. The sight of thousands of floating lanterns is both beautiful and moving.

Prayers for peace or honoring loved ones who have passed is part of the tradition, which will be celebrated here on Friday, Nov. 10, and Saturday, Nov. 11, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Candle-lit lanterns will be released on the koi pond of Tucson's Yume Japanese Gardens as part of the Japanese tradition known as Toro Nagashi.

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