Selected form: Daimonji (大文字), scheduled ignition 20:00, positioned 62 degrees around the basin rim. Current mode: form. From across the basin, Daimonji reads as one continuous shape.

Ember Topology

16 Aug · Kyoto

16 AUGKyoto Gozan Okuribi · Cultural-geography exhibit

Illustrative educational model

Ember Topology

A distant glyph is made from many separate fires.

Illustrative educational abstraction — not a viewing guide or exact reconstruction.

Preparing the basin relief…

Daimonji

20:00

大文字

Reading, form mode

From across the basin, Daimonji reads as one continuous shape.

Position — 62° around the basin rim, on the surrounding slope.

Structure — One crossbar and two descending legs merge into a single broad character readable from across the basin.

Cultural note — The first form lit, on Mt. Nyoigatake, giving the evening send-off its common name, Daimonji.

Form Width78

Point Density58

Stroke Separation64

Distant Legibility92

Illustrative geographic model. The terrain, point spacing, and visibility values are simplified. This exhibit is not a viewing guide, safety map, or exact reconstruction.

A respectful reminder: Gozan Okuribi is an Obon send-off tradition, marking the return of ancestral spirits at the close of the festival.