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  1. As you may have already guessed...Nao-chan was one of the ten kitsune brides!😮🦊🤗

    After 20 years the event came to a close a few years ago, so she was also one of the last fox wives.
    #狐の嫁入り #Kyoto #京都 #Kodaiji #高台寺 #kitsunewedding #Japan

  2. "In the autumn flames and mountains, there is the rain of fox's weddings" (秋の火や山は狐の嫁入雨)
    -Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶).
    Trans. David Lanoue.

    Kitsune-no-Yomeiri (狐の嫁入り "The Fox's Wedding") refers to sunshowers and atmospheric ghost lights, both likened to the bobbing lanterns of a fox procession.

    #狐の嫁入り #Kyoto #京都 #Kodaiji #高台寺 #kitsunewedding #Japan

  3. As you may have already guessed...Nao-chan was one of the ten kitsune brides!😮🦊🤗

    After 20 years the event is due to come to a close in 2024, so she will also be one of the last fox wives.

    #狐の嫁入り #Kyoto #京都 #Kodaiji #高台寺 #kitsunewedding #Japan

  4. Kōdai's "Kitsune no yomeiri" (狐の嫁入り "Fox's Wedding") takes place on 5 days, when the blossoms are at their peak.

    Each evening two fox brides make their way to a symbolic wedding, driven by rickshaw from Ōtani Sobyō (大谷祖廟前), along Nene-no-michi (ねねの道) to Kōdai-ji.

    #狐の嫁入り #Kyoto #京都 #Kodaiji #高台寺 #kitsunewedding #Japan