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  1. 💦MITARASHI MATSURI👣

    From July 18th-27th (9am to 8pm) Shimogamo-jinja will be hosting the Mitarashi Matsuri (御手洗祭).

    Over 10 days thousands will wade into the ice-cold waters of Mitarashi Pond (御手洗池) to offer candles, rid themselves of impurities and recharge their spirits.

    #Kyoto #下鴨神社 #御手洗祭 #Shimogamojinja #MitarashiFestival

  2. Inoue-sha (井上社) first stood at the confluence of the Kamo and Takano rivers (鴨川/高野川).

    Destroyed during the Ōnin War (応仁の乱) in 1470, it moved to its current position (close to Shimogamo-jinja's main hall) in 1592.

    It came under the direct management of Shimogamo in 1629.

    💦
    my new summer robe
    splashed by hot
    purification water
    更衣ふりかけらるる湯花哉
    -Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1795.
    Trans. David G. Lanoue.

    #Kyoto #京都 #Japan #Shimogamojinja #下鴨神社 #MitarashiPond #MitarashiFestival