Umbrella Burning Festival

August 9, 2009

Soga Don no Kasayaki (そがどんの傘焼き)

Umbrella Burning Matsuri in Kagoshima. Held at nightfall in front of the Museum of the Meiji Restoration on the fourth Saturday in July.

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