Yoshihara-no-mandoro
The festival is said to have originated when the 18-meter high Mandoro Lantern, made of bamboo in the shape of a fish, was lit with the sacred flame brought from Atago Shrine, put in the Isatsu River, and rotated to appease the wrath of the sea god.
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- Category
- Fire festival
- Location(s)
- Nishiyoshihara, Maizuru City By the Yamatobashi bridge at the mouth of the Isazugawa river
- Date(s) of Matsuri
- August 16
- Contact
- Maizuru Tourism Section (0773-66-1024)
- Access
- Fifteen minutes walk from JR Nishimaizuru Station
- URL
- URL
- Conservation Group
- Yoshiwaramandoro Hozonkai
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