送り火 

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【Today’s Sweets】poetic name: “Send off fire”. The bonfire of the character “dai/large” on the Daimonji mountain, which is to guide the souls of our ancestors who returned to the mortal world during the Obon period back to their world that lies beyond.

【今日のお菓子】銘は「送り火」です。明日の夜お山に赤く灯される「大」の文字。お精霊(しょらい)さんをあの世にお送りします。