The lantern festival at Manpukuji temple also commemorates the 350th anniversary of the death of its founder, Yin Yuan (1592-1673), as he is called in Chinese. Japanese know him as Ingen.

The glow spreads to the garden below, over the azaleas, stone lanterns ... in Akita prefecture, in Japan's Tohoku region. But Dairyuji is also the vibrant temple-home of the 38th head priest ...