Saipan Mayor's Office staff and students from the Sanpoen Japanese group form a human chain to put lanterns out to sea in last Saturday's Tōrō Nagashi ceremony at the Hopwood Middle School beach side. (Fahim Uddin)
Saipan Mayor’s Office staff and students from the Sanpoen Japanese group form a human chain to put lanterns out to sea in last Saturday’s Tōrō Nagashi ceremony at the Hopwood Middle School beach side. (Fahim Uddin)
A silhouette of one of the members of the Japanese group Sanpoen putting the lantern in the water for the Tõrõ Nagashi ceremony, which is based on the Japanese belief that the lanterns will help guide the spirits of the dead to the other world. (Jon Perez)
