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Hold The Thought: The Next 3.5 Years
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| Date: | 2014-08-17 03:54:53 |
| Blog: | Friends of the Pleistocene  |
| URL: | http://fopnews.wordpress.com/2014/08/16/hold/ |
Summary:
Gozan no Okuribi (五山送り火), aka Daimonji (大文字), Kyoto, Japan, image cc via Vincent Follézou The O-Bon festival is currently underway in Japan and concludes tonight, August 16th, with the Gozan no Okuribi (“five mountain send-off fire”). Five giant images are set ablaze on the mountains surrounding Kyoto—a boat, a shinto shrine gate, and three kanji (Chinese characters used in Japanese writing). The […]Content analysis:
Geographic context:
| Location | Country | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyoto-shi | JP | 35.0981 | 135.719 |
| China | CN | 36.8944 | 104.166 |
| Japan | JP | 37.4876 | 139.838 |
Keywords:
ablaze, Chinese characters, Daimonji, gate, giant images, Gozan, image cc, Japanese writing, Kyoto—a boat, mountain send-off, O-Bon festival, Okuribi, Thought, Uncategorized, underway, Vincent Follézou
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