@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social
2025-07-25 02:50 UTC
Let's join Nao-san as she goes through the 'ashitsuke shinji' ritual (足つけ神事).
🫳take off your shoes.
🕯️collect a candle.
👣wade through the Mitarashi Pond to Inoue-sha (井上社).
🙏light the candle and offer a prayer.
🩹you are now protected from chilblains and beriberi!
#足つけ神事 #AshitsukeShinji
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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social 2025-07-25 03:09
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 #Japan #MitarashiMatsuri #みたらし祭り #Shimogamojinja #下鴨神社 #summerfestival