The incomplete character for" dai"( large) is created with only six ignition sites lit during the Gozan no Okuribi bonfire festival held in the rain, in the city of Kyoto shortly after 8 p.m.on Aug.... 16 in the hills surrounding this western Japan city with less bonfire displays for the second consecutive year to avoid crowds of spectators gathering as part of coronavirus countermeasures.... During the traditional event to send off the spirits of ancestors who revisit during the Obon holiday,