撮影：June2015 JAPAN 　金沢の灯籠流し。金沢市内を流れる浅野川で「金沢百万石まつり」で開催される「加賀友禅灯ろう流し」は、華やかな友禅絵柄やメッセージが記された灯ろうが次々と川に流されます。加賀友禅と川のつながりに感謝を表すとともに、この業界に携わってこられた故人の霊を慰め、水供養として今後の加賀友禅の繁栄を願うもの。また、金沢に初夏告げる金沢百万石まつりの関連行事の一つとして開催。約1200個の燈ろうが彩ります。

Lantern Floating Kanazawa

Kanazawa city will hold Hyakumangoku Festival.
The Lanterns floating of lanterns lit with candles and decorated with Kaga
Yuzen silk textiles, commences night before the main festival down the
River across The entire city is in a festival mood.
About 1,200 lanterns are set into the river upstream and gently float down
the river for about a kilometer or so.
Lanterns with lovely Kaga Yuzen patterns will definitely attract people.
Toro nagashi is a Japanese ceremony in which participants float lanterns
down a river.
This is primarily done on the evening festival based on the belief that this
guides the spirits of the departed back to the other world.