The light for peace.

For those who do not know about To-myo matsuri. (灯明まつり)

・What is that. 

An annual festival in Nagano wishing for peace. 

The festival first started in the year of 2004. 

You can see Zenkoji temple illuminated in 5 colors at night time during the festival. 

 And there are countless lanterns created by locals and volunteers, being aligned alongside the monzen-machi(門前町, a town built in front of a temple). 

Anyone(literally anyone, no conditions at all) can create it and take part in the festival at the price of $10. And there is a contest on the lanterns, which you could win $500 if you won the first prize. 

Yet, unfortunately, the application for this year has already been closed. Try next year! 

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 Anyway, the festival is so beautiful and can be a good reason to visit Nagano! 

I hope some of you will make mind to go there because of this blog.

I am going to go see it myself and upload some pictures of the festival. So do not miss it.

Period: between Feb 6-11/2019. 

Location: Zenkoji-temple, Nagano

Nearest station: JR Nagano station