By MOOK HowToTrip Editorial Team
Japan has numerous blessing festivals and events, each with its own cultural history and local characteristics. HowToTrip would like to specially introduce Kasuga Taisha in Nara. One of its grand ceremonies – the Setsubun Mantoro Festival – will light up a thousand lamps on the day of Setsubun and on August 14 and 15 each year, symbolizing prayers for the world. Every year, it attracts a large number of tourists who come to worship and admire, experiencing this historically rich blessing ceremony.
Kasuga Taisha holds a grand blessing ceremony every year on the day of Setsubun (Image source / Kasuga Taisha)
Kasuga Taisha currently has approximately 2,000 stone lanterns and 1,000 hanging lanterns (Image source / Kasuga Taisha)
Kasuga Taisha currently has approximately 2,000 stone lanterns and 1,000 hanging lanterns (Image source / Kasuga Taisha)
Kasuga Taisha also features different traditional performances each season (Image source / Kasugayama Nara ? Light)
The atmosphere within Kasuga Taisha is pure and solemn (Image source / Kasuga Taisha)
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