Nagasaki residents reverently worship their ancestors with more clamor and explosions than anywhere else in Japan. Shoro Nagashi is loud, solemn, hectic, and sorrowful, but it is also a crazily joyous time. During Shoro Nagashi, daily routines in Nagasaki are set aside. Many streets are closed for traffic, and the clamor of gongs, drums, and explosions roll in sound waves for miles up and down Nagasaki’s famous steep slopes.
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