Tōrō nagashi (灯籠流し Tōrō = lantern / nagashi = cruise, flow) is a Japanese ceremony in which participants float paper lanterns down a river. This is primarily done on the last evening of the Bon Festival, festival based on the belief that this guides the spirits of the departed back to the other world. The white lanterns are for those who have died in the past year. Traditional Japanese beliefs state that humans come from water, so the lanterns represent their bodies returning to water.

  1. melodiadraconis reblogged this from bloodstainedbread-a
  2. seraphica reblogged this from upowlnight
  3. nickisgirl reblogged this from alittlefrenchtree
  4. alittlefrenchtree reblogged this from producedbyzico and added:
    Today in “let me reblog something about my day” new habit : I’ve started reading a book that takes place in Japan which...
  5. alienor-romanova reblogged this from aria-dnea
  6. phoenixiancrystallist reblogged this from thatrandombystander
  7. ohnoesitsnidia reblogged this from thatrandombystander
  8. thatrandombystander reblogged this from wuyus
  9. upowlnight reblogged this from wuyus
  10. catsundmaus reblogged this from wuyus
  11. ferretsonice reblogged this from vvujiarchive
  12. celestialoceanblog reblogged this from wuyus
  13. melapede reblogged this from slightcutie
  14. slightcutie reblogged this from vvujiarchive
  15. vvujiarchive reblogged this from ivyquinn
  16. jisoonies reblogged this from panlyra
  17. somethinginthesky reblogged this from panlyra
  18. me-you-and-elizajones reblogged this from panlyra
  19. aria-dnea reblogged this from panlyra
  20. latenightsinpemberley reblogged this from panlyra
  21. panlyra reblogged this from ivyquinn