@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social
2026-07-22 01:25 UTC
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Typically on the first Sunday (or national holiday) after 'doyō ushi-no-hi' (土用丑の日 'midsummer day of the ox'), Fushimi Inari (伏見稲荷大社) celebrates its biggest festival.
Over 8000 lanterns are illuminated on the eve of 'Motomiya-sai' (本宮祭).
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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social 2026-07-22 01:39
At its heart Motomiya-sai (本宮祭) celebrates the spread of the Inari faith. Inari Ōkami (稲荷大神), god of agriculture, industry, prosperity, worldly success, rice, fertility, tea, saké and foxes, is said to have been enshrined in over 100,000 'shrines' across Japan & the world.