Kyoto night view from a graveyard
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| Make | NIKON CORPORATION | Model | NIKON D40X |
| Aperture Value | f/4.5 | Colour Space | sRGB |
| Exposure Bias Value | 0 EV | Exposure Programme | Shutter Priority |
| Flash | No Flash | Focal Length | 55 mm |
| ISO | 100 | Metering Mode | Multi-Segment |
| Shutter Speed Value | 13 | Date/Time | Sun 17 Aug 2008 20:46:19 UTC |
| IPTC: Caption | Okuribi, sending day, is the last day of the Obon season during which dead ancestors are said to visit families on Earth. It is one of only two times a year they will visit. Giant fires are lit on the mountains around Kyoto to guide the dead out of the bowl shaped city and back to the afterlife. The same day is the last day on which lanterns, or "chochin" are used to decorate the gravestones in Hiagshi Otani graveyard on the mountainside overlooking Kyoto. In some parts of Japan ghostly dances take place to honour ancestors and wish them a fond farewell on their way back to afterlife. During these dances some men would traditionally dress as women to discourage earthly attachments among the dead and ensure their return to the spirit realm. | IPTC: Copyright Notice | 2008 Andy Heather |
