Nachi Fire Festival (那智の扇祭り)
Time: July 14
Prefecture: Wakayama
Location: Kumano Nachi Taisha Shrine

The Nachi Fire Festival (那智の扇祭り, Nachi no Ogi Matsuri), also known as the "Nachi Fan Festival," is one of Japan's three major fire festivals. Occurring on July 14 each year in the Kumano mountains of Wakayama Prefecture, the festival is centered around Kumano Nachi Taisha Shrine. It commemorates the return of the deity residing in the shrine to the Great Waterfall of Nachi (Nachi no Taki), Japan’s highest waterfall at 133 meters.