"Matsuri in autumn, Shinto shrine festival, where huge torches are lit, here the torches are being built, the stems on the right and the branches and leaves that are used as tinder on the left, Iwakura near Kyoto, Japan, East Asia, Asia"

"Shrine building is surrounded by scaffolding consisting of long logs, renovation works of the roof with cypress bark, Kamogamo Shrine, Kyoto, Japan, East Asia, Asia"

"A roofer with a hard hat is nailing cypress bark to the roof of the Kamigamo Shrine, protected by a protective roof, Kamigamo Shrine, Kyoto, Japan, East Asia, Asia"

"Shichi-go-san, Seven-Five-Three festival, girl in a red kimono holding a long bag with candy canes, Chitose-ame, standing on the gravel at the Shimogamo shrine in Kyoto, Japan, East Asia, Asia"

"Shichi-go-san, Seven-Five-Three festival, a girl in a kimono with hair jewellery, her mother also in a kimono and her grandmother are selecting a gift, Kamigamo Jinja Shrine, Kyoto, Japan, East Asia, Asia"

Lantern in arcade lined with torii gates, Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

"Illuminated paper lanterns in a Shinto shrine, Iwakura, near Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, East Asia, Asia"