伏見稲荷神社の火焚祭を紹介します。




火焚祭では上の写真のように全国から集まった１０万本とも
言われる火焚串を火で炊いています。人々の祈りが煙とともに
天にとどきそうな勢いでした。

◇ 英訳 ◇
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Hitaki festival (in Fushimiinari shrine)

We will see the Hitaki festival in Fushimiinari shrine.
（you can see the pictures above↑）
Hitaki festival is a kind of Shinto ritual. Approximately 100.000
skewers for the Shinto ritual were collected from all over the
country and those skewers were actually burned in the fire.
The fire blazed up very high as if it represented persons’ prayers.