When the okuribi was suspended during the World War II, the local residents (including the pupils at Daisan Kinrin Elementary School) climbed the mountain early in the morning wearing white tops to form a human letter 'Dai' instead.
送り火が中止されていた第二次世界大戦中、代わりに早朝に白いシャツを着た市民（地元の第三錦林小学校の児童ら）が山に登り、人文字で「大」を描いた。