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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, ・・・

2019年7月5日

Ballon Flowers at Tentokuin Temple

It’s been the season of Tsuyu (梅雨, rainy season) in Japan. Along with Hydrangeas (紫陽花), the symbolic flower of this season is Kikyo (桔梗, ballon flower). Here in the yard of Tentokuin (天得院) temple, Kikyo flowers are quietly blooming. Tentokuin temple is one of the many sub temples of Tofukuji (東福寺) temple. The temple is ・・・

2019年6月30日

Summer Purification Ceremony with Chinowa (cogon grass ring)

June 30 is the day for Nagoshi no Harae (夏越祓, purification ceremony in summer). Many Japanese people visit shrines or temples on this day to offer prayers in order to get rid of impurities in their souls accumulated during the first half of the year, and wish for good health for the rest of the ・・・

2019年6月26日

Hydrangeas at Mimurodo Temple

The season of hydrangeas has come. I wonder where has the Tsuyu (梅雨, the rainy season) gone? Usually, it comes with hydrangea flowers but not this year. The most famous place for viewing hydrangeas in Kyoto is Mimurodo-ji (三室戸寺) temple, otherwise called as “Ajisai-dera (The Temple of Hydrangeas)”. In the premises of 4 acres, magnificent ・・・