Eternal flame/love
A man opens the large iron cauldron in Reikado Hall, five minutes before the summit of Mt. Misen, to get a sip of the boiling water. The cauldron is placed over the Kiezu-no-hi (eternal flame), which Kobo Daishi himself is said to have lit when practising “Gumonji” training on Mt. Misen. The fire has been burning ever since (for over 1200 years) and is said to possess curative powers. Kiezu-no-hi was also used to light the Flame of Peace in Hiroshima's Peace Park, a pilot light transferred in 1964.
Eternal flame/love
A man opens the large iron cauldron in Reikado Hall, five minutes before the summit of Mt. Misen, to get a sip of the boiling water. The cauldron is placed over the Kiezu-no-hi (eternal flame), which Kobo Daishi himself is said to have lit when practising “Gumonji” training on Mt. Misen. The fire has been burning ever since (for over 1200 years) and is said to possess curative powers. Kiezu-no-hi was also used to light the Flame of Peace in Hiroshima's Peace Park, a pilot light transferred in 1964.