One of the major fire-festivals (hi-matsuri) in Japan. it is celebrated on October 22nd at the Yuki jinja, Kyoto and derives from the custom of mukae-bi, fires to light the path of spirits coming from the other world (see e.g. under bon). The climax of the festival is a gathering of mikoshi and great burning torches (taimatsu) of dry grass.
A Popular Dictionary of Shinto. Brian Bocking.