@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social
2026-07-23 00:58 UTC
As you leave the main shrine the strings of red lanterns come to an end, and you pass through the start of the 'Senbon Torii' (千本鳥居 'The Thousand Torii') in mostly darkness.
What feels otherworldly during the day is overwhelmingly mysterious at night.
#Kyoto #京都 #Japan
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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social 2026-07-23 01:18
Daytime version. Fox Festival-- the non-divine foxes crying 初午に無官の狐鳴にけり -Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1819. Trans. David G. Lanoue. #Kyoto #京都 #haiku #伏見稲荷 #FushimiInari #Fushimi #本宮祭 #Motomiya #小林一茶