Kyoto’s mountain village of Kurama ignites with blazing torches for annual fire festival

Kyoto’s mountain village of Kurama ignites with blazing torches for annual fire festival
Every October 22, Kurama in Kyoto Prefecture celebrates the Kurama Fire Festival (Kurama no Hi Matsuri). Held to honor Yuki Shrine and its guardian deities, the town recreates a thousand-year-old…