28-Nov-2005    11:34.41 AM Photo by Katsunori Shimada.	28-Nov-2005    11:49.48 AM Photo by Nils Ferry (who, magically, is also standing there on the left).	28-Nov-2005    12:15.10 PM Now we head down the other side of the mountain, to the area carved out of the face of the mountain where the big "dai" character is fired up during the Daimonji Festival each year.
28-Nov-2005    12:17.56 PM Photo by Nils Ferry.	28-Nov-2005    12:18.14 PM Approaching the break in the trees where the barron area starts.	28-Nov-2005    12:18.35 PM Arriving at the top of the Hidokoro (fire place) on Mt. Daimonji, Kyoto Japan, where the big "大" is lit up each August during the Daimonji festival. Photo by Katsunori Shimada.
28-Nov-2005    12:18.43 PM	28-Nov-2005    12:18.51 PM It was hazy, but much less hazy at this height (we were much closer to the city than when at the very top of the mountain).	28-Nov-2005    12:19.14 PM Nils hams it up for the camera