Kyoto Pumpkin Daki Festival Trip and Hotel Okura Christmas illumination

I would like to inform Yada temple and Hotel Okura Christmas illumination.
I get off at ShiyakushoMae station of Kyoto subway.
Yada temple is 500m south from this station.

This temple in shop town.
Ksitigarbha of this temple is in the hell.
Ksitigarbha help criminals in the hell.




In the winter, Kyoto citizen think that eating pumpkin makes people to prevent being
sick.
Yada temple deliver boiled pumpkin to people at December 23.
This is No charge.
Delivering starts at 10:00.
People are waiting in front of this temple from 9 o'clock.
1000 pumpkins are delivered, usually this delivering will be finished in the morning.



When waiting at 10:00, you have to waite about 50 minutes.
After waiting, you have to ring the bell and pray the temple.
After praying, boiled pumpkins sets are delivered.
This set has 2 cuts.

Pumpkin is sweet and delicious.
Thanks for free delivering.
Pumpkins set are 1000sets.



This temple has clothy Ksitigarbha.
This is hand made Ksitigarbha.
Only 500yen.
I buy this clothy Ksitigarbha.


Nextel, I go to Hotel Okura Christmas illumination.
About 10 minutes walking from Yada temple.
Now a days, Christmas illuminations are decreasing.
This hotel illumination is beautiful, and is opening till December 25.



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