Canon Powershot SX20 IS
Canon Zoom Lens 20X IS 5.0-100mm
f/2.8 1/8 second
David M. Marks

Each February, the Kasuga Grand Shrine in Nara holds a Lantern Festival to mark the beginning of Spring in the Japanese lunar calendar. During this Setsubun Mantourou, the more than 3,000 bronze and stone lanterns in the gardens of the Shrine are illuminated.