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なら燈花会へ行ってまいりました。第一弾は浮見堂です。京都をはじめ灯篭や蝋燭を用いた神事やお祭りは数多くありますが、この奈良の燈花会が他の地域と格段に異なるのは周囲の暗さにあるかと思います。街灯と呼べるものが極端に少なく闇を照らす蝋燭の一つ一つが活き活きと漆黒に彩を与えていました。ブルーモーメントを狙っておりましたが5分ほど遅かったように感じます。夏の夕暮れの自然光ライティングは本当に奥深いです。

Nara was flourishing as a capital city 1300 years ago. Glimpses of ancient Japan still remain in abundance.
Here in Nara, the warm candle lights possess nostalgic and healing properties.

Nara Tōkae Festival lights up Nara so people can come together to pray and enjoy visiting Nara’s World Heritage Sites lit up with candle lights.

Nara Tōkae Festival started in 1999.
The festival moved people with its array of candle lights in the ancient city of ‘Nara’.

For only ten days in summer, the lights will be in Nara; like blooming flowers, nature and history will be at a balance.

“Tōka” is a type of Japanese flower-shaped candle.
To be made a Tōka is said to be a sign of good luck.

We hope everyone who visits Nara Tōkae Festival will enjoy it.
With that in mind, we will light up a candle and pray for the happiness of each and everyone that attends.

Ukimi-do Pavilion
The Ukimi-do Pavilion is a hexagonal gazebo with thatched cypress roofing, floating at one edge of Nara Park's Sagi-ike Pond. It's geometric shape reflects beautifully in the water below, and the building itself serves as a rest spot along the waterside. The former Ukimi-do Pavilion deteriorated from age, and its current successor was restored and rebuilt over a period of three years from 1991 to 1994, bringing it back to its former beauty. The pavilion is located just past Asajigahara, near Kasuga Taisha Shrine.