The old lights

This summer was so terribly hot in the daytime especially.
So there were some  traditional festivals in the night in Nara. We enjoyed warm old lights in these festivals.
August was the month of Bon-festival. The spirits of ancestors came back home and we saw the lights to welcome them and see them off at the World Heritage Site or around there.





A lots of lights were arranged in the estate of Todaiji-temple.

Sunset at Nigatudo

Light up at Ukimi-Dou

Sunset. Someone whispered it seems as if I am in the heaven.

Light up at Todaiji-Temple

nice model with a lantern. Candles in  cups lights.

大文字送り火（Daimonji-okuribi)
They burnt many bonfires that were lined with a shape of 大（dai) on the Mt.Takamado to remember ancestors.  I heard this 大　is largest in Japan. It's about 109m~164m.

大極殿（Daigokuden)
The emperor administered in the 8century here and lately it was restored. Countless lights(a candle in a cup) were scattered there. People enjoyed in the costumes of  Nara period. Of course they didn't have illuminations in those days.

lovely models

春日大社（Kasugataisya-Shrine)万灯篭（lots of lanterns)
 This shrine has about 1000 lanterns like this photo and 2000 stone lanterns. They are lit twice in a year.