On the night of August 16, 2023, Gozan Okuribi was held at each mountain in Kyoto to send the spirits of ancestors who welcomed the Obon festival. Letters and shapes appeared in the night sky after the typhoon passed, and the people who watched them remembered the deceased.
In Nyoigatake (Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City), where Typhoon No. 7 hits, there was some damage to the wire of the material lift, but the work started on schedule. At 8:00 p.m., the Daimonji is ignited, and every five minutes, fires are lit in the order of Myoho (Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City), Funagata (Kita Ward, Kyoto City), Hidari Daimonji (Kita Ward, Kyoto City), and Toriigata (Ukyo Ward, Kyoto City). Took.
This year, many families and foreign tourists visited the area near Keihan Demachiyanagi Station in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City, as movement restrictions to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus were lifted. When the character "大" appeared, they cheered, put their hands together, and took pictures. A 64-year-old office worker from Nagoya said with a smile, "It looked sharper and more beautiful than I expected. I am grateful to my ancestors." At Izumoji Bridge in Kita Ward, which spans the Kamo River, people lined up to watch the mountains lit in order.
According to the Kyoto Prefectural Police, 25,600 people turned out for the Okuribi on that day, about 5,000 more than last year, when the entire fire was lit for the first time in three years. The Kamogawa Delta, where the Kamogawa River and the Takanogawa River meet, was closed to the public due to flooding caused by the typhoon.
