Dainichi Hi Dondoyaki (festival held on the fifth day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar)

Start/End Dates:January 19, 2020(Sun)

Organizer: Dainichi Hibi Ku Neighborhood Association

Dondoyaki" is a winter tradition!

Dondoyaki" is a fire festival event that has been handed down in Ohhibi for about 200 years. The Dondon of Ohhibi is a huge 8-meter-high structure made of ferns and New Year's decorations. The huge Dondon of Dainihibi is one of the largest in Japan. In Ohihi, the direction in which the "Dondon" falls while burning tells the fortune of a good catch and a good harvest for the year. It is said that if it falls on the ocean side, you will have a good catch, if it falls on the mountain side, you will have a good harvest, and if it falls between the mountain and the ocean, you will have both a good catch and a good harvest. Which way will it fall this year?

Basic Info

Venue	Plaza in front of Seienji Temple
Location	2118 Senzaki-Ohibi, Nagato, Yamaguchi 759-4106
Access	Approximately 50 minutes by car from the Mine IC of the Chugoku Expressway ・About 36 minutes by Sanden Kotsu bus from Nagato City Station on the JR Sanin Honsen Line to the Dainichi bus stop, a short walk from the bus stop.
Parking	Dainichibi, in front of Seienji Temple