{"id":2257,"date":"2013-05-12T18:35:43","date_gmt":"2013-05-12T09:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2013-05-12\/2257"},"modified":"2013-05-12T18:35:43","modified_gmt":"2013-05-12T09:35:43","slug":"last-years-kurama-fire-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2013-05-12\/2257","title":{"rendered":"Last Year’s Kurama Fire Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 2500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFriendly Chat<\/span>\nduring the Kurama Fire Festival (\u978d\u99ac<\/span>\u306e\u706b\u796d<\/span>\u308a)\nKyoto, Japan  Oct 2012\n<\/div>\n\n

Dipping into my archives from last October, I realize<\/span> that I haven't<\/span> yet\nposted much about the Kurama Fire Festival (\u978d\u99ac<\/span>\u306e\u706b\u796d<\/span>\u308a) that I briefly mentioned at the\ntime<\/a>, and a bit<\/span> in my\nshooting-with-two-bodies post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

One reason that I haven't posted is that the photos are not very good\n(taken haphazardly handheld while not really knowing what was going on),\nbut it's quite the different kind of festival, so it's worth a quick<\/span>\nlook.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 10000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nChatting with Visitors<\/span>\nprior to the start of the main event\n<\/div>\n\n

The village of Kurama is long and narrow, wedged into a valley<\/span> in the\nmountains of northern Kyoto. During this festival, fires and people are\neverywhere, both lining and filling the streets. Village men participating in\nthe main event wear (so to speak) outfits as seen in the shot above.<\/p>\n\n

This next guy walking by appears to be a fairly<\/span> high-up Shinto priest...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 8000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 10000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSmall Torch<\/span>\nold version of a flashlight?\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 3200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSome Kind of Procession<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

This was my first time at this festival, and I had<\/span> no idea what would\nhappen other than something about big torches being carried through the\nstreets sometime after dark. It was oppressively<\/span> crowded and so any attempt at movement was decidedly unpleasant,\nso I stuck<\/span> in one spot and hoped for the best. It turns<\/span> out that I was<\/span> pretty lucky.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 1800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nBig Torches Being Brought In<\/span>\nburning only small “pilot light” fires\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 2500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nLooks a Bit<\/span> Warm<\/span>\nfor the caboose\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 1100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFires Everywhere<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 3600 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nWider View<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 2800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFire and Moon<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 1250 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPerson In Front of Me<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 2800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nAssembling the Torches<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Apparently the big (18'?) torches were being lugged into the courtyard of\nthis shrine and propped up to be lit. They are exceedingly top heavy, so\nthis was not a smooth<\/span> operation and occasionally they fell.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 cropped — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 1600 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nStraining<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 3600 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nWatching<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 5600 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nGood View<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 2500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFinally Up<\/span>\nand the fires being lit in earnest\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>40 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 10000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSome Guy Doing Something<\/span>\nhe was way up there attending to something on top of a pole<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 5600 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nStarting the Main Procession<\/span>\nbig torches are brought back down, still ablaze, to be paraded through the streets\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 4000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nLeading the Way<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 2200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSilhouetted<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 6400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nOff they Go<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

The crowds were so incredibly oppressive that following along wasn't in\nthe realm of possibility, so I lingered<\/span> a bit<\/span> but then went the opposite\ndirection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dipping into my archives from last October, I realize that I haven't yet posted much about the Kurama Fire Festival (\u978d\u99ac\u306e\u706b\u796d\u308a) that I briefly mentioned at the time, and a bit in my shooting-with-two-bodies post.<\/p>

One reason that I haven't posted is that the photos are not very good (taken haphazardly handheld while not really knowing what was going on), but it's quite the different kind of festival, so it's worth a quick look.<\/p>

The village of Kurama is long and narrow, wedged into a valley in the mountains of northern Kyoto. During this festival, fires and people are everywhere, [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2257"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}