Hi Matsuri - Fire Festival in the Japanese Garden of Buenos Aires.

As an habitant of the city of Buenos Aires, sometimes I forget that there are beautiful places to go for a walk and interesting activities to be part of. This is in such a way that I was not able to know the Japanese Garden until 2018, when, attracted by an advertisement, I found out that this "Fire Festival" would take place there.

Getting there took us two hours by public transport: train, subway and a bus. A bit long trip but it was worth it because the garden was beautiful. Admission cost us 120 ARS, although there are specific days you can enter for free. Since a special activity was taking place that day, there were many more people than usual.

Through informational brochures they explained to us that this festival aims to burn the bad things of the past to give way to new and better things. That is why each entrant was given a small piece of wood like this one on which we had to write down the bad things we wanted the fire to destroy.

At the end of the afternoon, all the small woods were deposited in a boat and burned in the middle of the lake. It was a very exciting moment for everyone .

In the garden there was a museum where you could see elements of Japanese culture. At the entrance of the museum there were trees where you could hang a small card with all the good wishes you had. I really loved this whole thing about bringing in the good energy and getting rid of the bad .

I always liked these lucky kittens and that day I learned that they are called Manekineko .

Undoubtedly, this walk was very enriching, besides that it was a very pleasant day to be outdoors. I would like to return to this garden one day when there are not so many people as it can be a great place to go to rest and relax admiring how beautiful it is ❤.

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