Komatsumei (Kodai) Fire Festival

It is a fire Festival that is Held in on August 14 every year in Bungo-Ono City Ogata, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu.

It is a traditional event that has been handed down since the Edo period.
The Origin is uncertain, but it is said to be for the memorial service of the Bon Festival, the insect chasing event to wish for a good harvest of Rice, and the memorial service for the victims of the putsch that occurred in the Edo period.

On the day of the fire Festival, all Mr./Ms. local residents will prepare small torches from the area around Harajiri Falls to the rice fields around the Ogata Plain.
At night, when about 10,000 small torches are lit at once, the light of the small torches Gari emerges from the area around Harajiri Falls to the Ogata Plain.
Scenes are very fantastic.

Restrooms available are also made of small torches such as Torii (shrine gates) and stone bridges unique to Ogata, and beauty competitions are held.