https://www.alojapan.com/1227850/at-japans-hottest-festival-crowds-threaten-to-smother-the-flames/ At Japan’s hottest festival, crowds threaten to smother the flames #buddhism #festivals #kurama #KuramaFireFestival #Kyoto #KyotoTopics #Shinto #shrines #temples #tourism #京都 #京都府 Kurama, Kyoto Pref. – Embers spark into the night like thousands of fireflies. The aroma of burning pine wafts through the cold air as men clad in not much more than a rope around their loins and shoulder pads carry 80-kilogram burning taimatsu pine wood torches thr…