Religious · Kansai
Gozan no Okuribi
五山送り火
Five giant bonfires in the shape of characters and symbols are lit on the mountains around Kyoto on the night of 16 August.
Confirmed dates
- Dates
- Mon 16 Aug 2027
- Date status
- Confirmed by the organiser or an official tourism source
- Venue
- Five mountains around Kyoto, viewed citywide
- City
- Kyoto
- Prefecture
- Kyoto
- Region
- Kansai
- Category
- Religious
- Checked
- Fri 23 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
From 20:00 on 16 August each year, fires are lit in sequence on five mountains to send off the spirits of ancestors at the end of Obon, beginning with the large character on Mt Nyoigatake. The organiser, the Kyoto Gozan Okuribi federation, publishes the fixed date; the fires burn for about 30 minutes each and are watched from across the city, including the Kamogawa riverbanks.
Booking
Booked around the event: hotels, passes, transfers and eSIM. Booking links for this event are added after the product checks pass.
Official source: https://gozan-okuribi.com/2022/en/top.html. Dates checked Fri 23 Oct 2026.