Oideyasu! Please take off your shoes.
A giant Kanji, "大" ("Dai"), is writ with fire here every August 16 in the Gozan Okuribi Festival. There is a man standing in the center for size reference.
Nils,
It is a great hike up to the top. The early morning after the festival I hiked with a few friends up to the Dai in your picture to collect charcoal. We met a lot of others on the trails and I came to understand that it is highly prized.
If you've never got, I definitely recommend it. The view of Kyoto is fantastic.
Posted by: Logan on January 28, 2004 01:19 PMFrom where did you take this one exactly? also, is the version on the right cropped, or a different picture?
Posted by: steven on February 2, 2004 09:40 PMThe pictures were taken from the northern end of Yoshida-yama near Kyoto University. The second picture is a separate shot, with the camera (Lumix FZ10) at full 12X zoom.
Posted by: nils on February 2, 2004 11:45 PM
