The autumn skies were lit up bright red above Kyoto's Mt. Kurama earlier this week as hundreds of people bearing huge flaming torches paraded along the slopes near Yuki Shrine during the annual Kurama Fire Festival.After sunset on Monday, watch fires were lit in front of homes in the area marking the 6 p.m. start of the festival.Torch bearers wearing "hachimaki" headbands began the procession with about 500 large "taimatsu" torches in hand, shouting "Saireiya, Sairyo" along the way.Amid the beat of "taiko" drums, they then assembled at the stone steps leading up to the shrine's Sanmon Gate,…READ FULL ARTICLE