Tsuruga Toro Nagashi + Fireworks とうろう流しと花火

Held during the Bon season in Aug., toro nagashi is candle-lit paper lanterns floated on the ocean as a Buddhist offering to the spirits of the deceased. Tsuruga holds its mass toro nagashi (6,000 lanterns) on its famous Kehi no Matsubara beach at 6:30 pm, and then shoots off fireworks. Whoever thought of combining toro nagashi and fireworks was a genius. They go very well together. Taken on Aug. 16, 2006 in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. Photos: http://photoguide.jp/pix/thumbnails.php?album=354

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Travel & Events

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• japan
• fukui
• tsuruga
• toro
• nagashi
• fireworks
• lantern
• とうろう流し
• 敦賀
• 福井県

[JoesEpicAdventures]

What do they call the laterns though? Chōchin is latern but not those kind and Toro doesn't show me anything.

[photojpn]

@JoesEpicAdventures The lanterns here are called "toro."

[JoesEpicAdventures]

@JoesEpicAdventures Thank you very much, should I try just looking up floating Toro or water Toro because just straight up toro brings me to the older stone ones.

[photojpn]

@JoesEpicAdventures If you're searching for the floating kind of toro, you have to search for "toro nagashi."

[JoesEpicAdventures]

@photojpn Thats the festival, and the kind of Toro? oky doky thank you.

[frankglz13]

Es tan sorprendente!! espero poder ir algún día aunque sea solamente a presenciar eso...

[FabledSoulofkh]

Truly a beautiful and amazing ceremony...

[kclama]

wonderful.