DATE:		July 22, 2007 from 16:00, torch-lighting from 19:30
PLACE:		Daiten Bridge, Amanohashidate
DIRECTION:		3-minute walk from Kitakinki Tango Railway Miyazu Line Amanohashidate Station From Kyoto Station: via JR Sanin Honsen Line and KTR Miyafuku Line (Kyoto- Fukuchiyama- Miyazu Amanohashidate) By car: Kyoto Jukan Expressway- R9- R27- Prefectural Route 9(Kyoto- Tanba IC- Ayabe Ankokuji IC- Miyazu Amanohashidate IC – Miyazu/ Amanohashidate)
TEL:		81-772-22-2121
ADMISSION:		Free
TEXT:		This annual summertime event takes place in July at Amanohashidate, widely known as one of the three most scenic views in Japan. Some 200 torches placed along the 2.6 km-long coast fronting Miyazu Bay and some 100 torches along the Aso Sea coastline light up Amanohashidate on a summer's night to create a most enchanting sight. Based on the legend of Ame no Ukihashi (the floating bridge of heaven), this event is held so that single men and women can pray for suitable partners. The legend goes that Amanohashidate was created when the ladder that the god Izanagi no Mikoto and the goddess Izanami no Mikoto used to meet each other in heaven fell to earth. An engaged couple chosen from the public lights a heart-shaped firework to launch the event during the lighting ceremony. Following fireworks, 200 torches are lit in unison.