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Maruko Dondo-Yaki Festival in these Panorama 360s celebrations after New Years holiday festival bonfires

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Bonfire Dondo Yaki Japan 2015 Panorama 360 VR Festival

Kamimarukohachimancho, Nakahara Ward, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 211-0001, Japan

Dondo-Yaki is an event held in various regions in Japan after the New Year’s Holidays are over. It is a traditional event festival where everyone in the neighborhood gathers around a powerfully-burning bonfire to wish for happiness in the new year.

Link Location Gps 35.583926

GPS / 35.583926, 139.667273

Held around January the 15th is our version of a wishing well i suppose with more effort and flair instead of throwing a coin into a well and wishing for good health and fortune people light a giant bonfire called Dondo Yaki which is a tradition in ancient Japanese culture where they build a tower with fresh green bamboo straw and other flammable sources then decorate it and bring in the New Year, i suppose you could technically call it the first burning man festival but more of a decorated burning tower, they both have the same purpose and that's to spread karma and good will.

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There are many tales and myths with the Dondo Yaki bonfires such as warming yourself by the fire will make you look and feel younger, hard to disprove i guess cause alot of people like the feeling of positivity which can in itself do those very things, these festivals are just an excuse for family and friends to gather around and catch up alot like our own traditions

Aerial view from above