A morning programme on KBS television this morning saw a pair of maiko visit Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto. Maiko are young trainee geisha in Kyoto, aged between 16 and 20. These days many are from distant parts of Japan … Read the rest
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A Hollywood production; a living scroll; an eye-popping kaleidoscope of costumes; a celebration of heritage – Kyoto’s Jidai Matsuri (Festival of Ages) is all this and more. It takes place on Oct 22, and such is the enormity of the … Read the rest
Yesterday was a glorious sunny day in Kyoto, and armed with the guidebook Shinto Shrines and Hugo Kempeneer’s Yasaka postings on the Kyoto Dream Trips blog, I set off with Chris Cooling (Communications Assistant at Jinja Honcho) for … Read the rest
Tonight’s the night!
Shrines in Kyoto will shortly be celebrating the autumn moon, and in the case of Shimogamo, the festivity showcases what to my mind is the very best of Shinto – the seasonal celebration of nature combined with … Read the rest
The following piece comes from our friend, Hugo Kempeneer, the man behind the seductive photos of Kyoto-Nara Dream Trips which have been winning increasing attention recently. See his blog at http://www.kyotodreamtrips.com/
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On the grounds of the Yasaka shrine in
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Yesterday marked the official end of the month-long Gion Festival, with a purification ritual at Yasaka Jinja involving a chinowa (large ring of cogon grass), to complete the circle as it were. Unfortunately I arrived in the cool of … Read the rest
Last weekend saw one of Kyoto’s most popular summer festivals, the wonderful Mitarashi Festival at Shimogamo Jinja. It comes on the last weekend in July when the sweltering temperatures reach up to 36 degrees or so. Visitors … Read the rest