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2019年7月20日

Hokotate, Building Festival Floats

The weather has been dull lately. In Kyoto, Sakimaturi (前祭り, the first half of Gion festival) has just finished, and as of July 18, Hokotate (鉾建て, building the festival floats) of Atomaturi (後祭り, the latter half of Gion festival) has begun. Ohfunaboko (大船鉾) which belongs to the cummunity of Shinnmachi (新町)-Shijo (四条) is a magnificent ・・・

2019年7月20日

Gion Festival Now

Gion Festival (祇園祭り）is a synonym for the sunmer in Kyoto. If you live in Kyoto for a long time, you will find yourself delighted only with watching the enormous Hoko (鉾) and Yama (山) of the festival. In my childhood, I often dreamed about living in one of those Gion festival communities since I was ・・・

2019年7月17日

Kokusai Kazoku Festival at Byodo-ji Temple

Byodo-ji (平等寺), otherwise called Inaba-san (因幡さん), is an old temple in Kyoto. The temple is very popular for its benefit of healing illness, especially termninating cancers. The Yakushi-Nyorai (薬師如来, the Buddha of Healing), the deity here, is listed as three top powerful Nyorai in Japan, along with Amida-nyorai (阿弥陀如来) at Zenko-ji (善光寺) temple in Nagano ・・・

2019年7月17日

Sakimatsuri, the First Half of Gion Festival, Has Finished

We YUMEYAKATA conduct “Gion Festival (祇園祭り) Tour with Ms. Beniko, a Former Maiko” every year, and it has become very popular among our customers. The other day, the tour of Sakimatsuri (前祭り, the first half Festival) has been successfully finished. The participants in YUMEYATA’s pretty Yukata (浴衣, summer cotton Kimono) visited many Yamaboko (山鉾, floats ・・・

2019年7月12日

Rokudo Chinnoh-ji Temple and Onono Takamura

Rokudo Chinnoh-ji (六道珍皇寺) temple famous for its Mukaegane (迎え鐘, greeting bell to welcome returning spirits of ancestors during the Obon season), is said to be a gate to the land of deceased people. Rokudo (六道) means six status of human soul after death, namely, Jigoku (地獄, hell), Gaki (餓鬼, hunger), Chikusho (畜生, animal), Shura (修羅, ・・・