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Fukushima Fire Festival – remembering the victims of the tragedy

Now we in Japan have a fire festival in Fukushima. Yes THAT place! This photo is from our news. Enjoy the sparkles!pic.twitter.com/0wBknsvQ

Japan Today

NOV. 11, 2012

Giant torches blaze away at the Taimatsu Akashi festival in Sukagawa City, Fukushima Prefecture, on Saturday night. Taimatsu Akashi is one of Japan’s three big fire festivals. It began in 1589, and is held to mourn and express gratitude to those lost in the battle brought to the town by feudal lord Masamune Date. Following the Great East Japan Earthquake in March last year, the festival now remembers those lost on that day as well.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/view/fukushima-fire-festival

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