Watching the Toro Nagashi celebration at Green Lake with my friend Tina, who was visiting from Buffalo.
From the Seattle Times:
“Lanterns honoring the victims of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are placed in Green Lake. It’s an adaptation of an ancient Japanese Buddhist ritual where the lanterns represent the souls of the dead and are floated out to sea with prayers offered that the souls may rest in peace. The ceremony also takes place in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In Seattle the ceremony also honors all victims of violence.”