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About Obon Floating Lanterns

Obon Toro Nagashi is the floating-lantern ceremony held at night, when hundreds of warm amber washi paper lanterns are set adrift on a black river. Each candle-lit glow is doubled by its reflection on the rippling water, a spectacular play of light and dark against near-black night water tinged with cool blue.

This design system distills that solemn rite into digital form: amber lantern glow on a near-black ground, mirrored reflections, soft candle bloom, and Japanese Mincho serif type — the dead guided home by lights on the water, warm and impermanent.

Learn more about the Obon Floating Lanterns style

Origin
Japan (East Asia)
Era
Pre-1900 origins; ongoing Buddhist ancestral observance (current Toro Nagashi rites)
Key figures
Buddhist temple communities · Toro Nagashi celebrants · Obon ancestral-rite practitioners
Movements
Obon ancestral-rite tradition · Toro Nagashi (floating lanterns) · Mono no aware

Obon Floating Lanterns design spec

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Typography

Shippori MinchoHeadings
Noto Serif JPBody
Zen AntiqueMono
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