"Gozan Okuribi," a traditional summer event in Kyoto of bonfires to send off the ancestral spirits welcomed back during the O-bon holidays, was held at each mountain surrounding Kyoto City on the night of August 16. This year, all the fire beds were lit for the first time in three years since their number was reduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021. Citizens silently offered prayers to the flames floating in the night sky after the rain.