2018年8月3日
Mitarashi Festival at Shimogamo Shrine
This summer’s heat is brutal. For sure, this is the severest one in my history of living in Kyoto. Amid this hot weather, Ashitsuke-shinji (足つけ神事), an annual event of Shimogao shrine (下賀茂神社), was conducted. The event is held around Doyo no ushi no hi (土用の丑の日, dog days of summer) every year, and the shrine becomes ・・・