Water Festival at Kifune Shrine

This time, I would like to introduce the water festival at Kyoto Kifune Shrine.

From JR Kyoto Station, transfer to the Nara Line, transfer to the Keihan train at Tofukuji, get off at Demachiyanagi,take the Eizan Electric Railway Kurama Line, get off at Kifuneguchi, take the Kyoto Bus, get off at Kifune Shrine, and walk for 6 minutes to Kifune Shrine.

The water festival starts at 10:00 on July 7th.

The Water Festival is derived from the ancient rain begging ritual and is a festival that prays for rain and the blessings of sunny weather.

After the tea dedication ceremony, a dance performance is performed, and a knife ceremony is performed.

Enjoy the strict festival.

The first day radish burning of Sanzenin

I would like to introduce the first day radish burning of Sanzenin.

To get to Sansen-in, take Kyoto Bus Line 17 from Kyoto Station, get off at Ohara, and walk for 10 minutes.

Serve radish burning and pray for good luck and good luck.

Using daikon grown organically in Ohara, a special prayer is held to receive the blessings and blessings of King Fudo Myo.

It is usually held at the beginning of February every year, and this year it will be held on February 10 (Saturday) ~ 13 (Tuesday) 9:00 ~ 16:00.

Taste the delicious radish.

Fushimi Inari Taisha Fire Festival

This time, we will introduce the fire burning festival of Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine.

From JR Kyoto Station, go to Tofukuji Temple, transfer to the Keihan Train, get off at Fushimi Inari Station, and walk east for 5 minutes to Fushimi Inari.

Fire Festival will start at 13:00 on Wednesday, November 8, 2023.

The Fire Burning Festival is an event to thank the harvest of this year, and the Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine is the largest in Japan.

You will be overwhelmed by the rising flames.

After the ceremony of the main shrine, a fire burning ceremony is held.

Three firebeds are set up in the funeral hall behind the main shrine, and rice straw from Kanda is burned, and the gods who have brought blessings are sent to the mountain.

At that time, fire skewers with more than 100,000 wishes donated from all over the country are lit, and a kagura dance of kagura women is performed.

Seimei Festival

I would like to inform the Seimei Festival of Kyoto Seimei Shrine. 

Take the subway from JR Kyoto Station, get off at Imadegawa Station, and walk west for about 12 minutes to reach Seimei Shrine. 

Yoimiya Festival from 19:00 on 9/22, Shinkosai from 13:00 on 9/23 At the

Yoimiya Festival on the 22nd, there is a procession of paper lanterns and a dedication of Yudate Kagura, and on the 23rd, a total of 500 people, including floats, Yaotome, and portable shrines, parade through the Nishijin area, led by a boys' drum and fife corps.

Kitano Tenmangu Shimai Tenjin

This time, I will introduce Kitano Tenmangu Shimai Tenjin.

From JR Kyoto Station, take the 50-route city bus and get off at Kitano Tenmangu-mae.

It is said that the 25th is the day on which Michizane Sugawara, the enshrined deity, was born, exiled, and passed away, and a fair is held every month.

It will be held from early morning to evening on December 25th (Sunday) in Tenjin after the last festival of the year. Free.

Daifuku plum, celebratory chopsticks, toso, etc. are given (all for a fee), and many stalls line up in the precincts from early in the morning. increase.

A popular New Year's lucky charm, the "Daifuku Ume" made in the precincts is awarded from December 13th until the end of Tenjin.

“Daifuku Ume” is harvested around June in the plum garden on the precincts of Tenjin, salted in a barrel, and dried in the sun for about four weeks in the summer. It is then sprinkled with salt and stored in barrels again. It is said that if you drink the plums in hot water or tea on the morning of New Year's Day, you will have good health and a long and lucky year. Thank you very much plum.

It costs 700 yen for 6 capsules and sells out quickly, so please purchase early in the morning.

Every year, a signboard of Daifuku plum awarding goes up like this.

Please enjoy Shimai Tenjin.