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Nigatsu-do hosts a spectacular fire purification festival in the second month of the lunar calendar (hence its name): the O-mizu Torii, or Water-Drawing Festival.
Purchased by both companies and individuals (at vast expense) in the hope of incurring the blessings of the gods, the torii become smaller as you progress through the tunnel and begin to ascend the mountain.
In early August the resorts on the lakeshore sponsor the dramatic Torii Matsuri festival, when a great wooden arch is set alight and a thousand burning lanterns are sent floating out across the water.
The entrance is marked by two huge torii gates, their pillars made from 1,700-year-old cypress trees.
The main entrance takes you to the first sacred gateway (torii), which in Japan always symbolizes the threshold of holy ground.