O bon festival...

so today we stumbled upon a temple a 5 minute walk from my apartment that was celebrating O bon, the festival of the dead. It was gorgeous, there were hundreds and thousands of candels lit in rememberance of family members who have passed away in the town. suprisingly there was a cheerful feeling among everyone there. also ran into a 1 of the 3 people that would have known who i was. this is a small town! smaller than Guam, and I stand out even more, haha. A few students even came up and introduced themselves to me, which was really nice. these are a few pictures, but they can't even capture the mesmorizing beauty of all of the lit candles...