Spirit Blossom Festival Grounds

The Spirit Blossom Festival Grounds are sacred grounds in Ionia, the site where the Spirit Blossom Festival is held. As a landmark of the region, the grounds are inhabited and count among Ionia's notable places. The festival that gives them their name is a seasonal observance honoring the bond between the living and the dead. The Spirit Blossom Festival celebrates the tie between the mortal realm and the spirit world. During its observance, the veil that separates those two realms grows thin, and spirits are able to cross over into the world of the living. For its duration the grounds become a meeting place between the living and the dead, a time set aside to honor those who have passed. At the festival's height, the cherry blossom trees of the grounds bloom with an ethereal light, and lanterns guide lost souls on their way. Held each year, the Spirit Blossom Festival returns as an enduring Ionian tradition, keeping the grounds bound to the crossing between the mortal world and the realm of spirits.