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Jonangu-Shrine Weeping Plum Blossoms and Camellias Flower Festival
SightseeingFive scenic gardens with 300 briliant Camellia and 150 weeping plum trees【開催日】 February 18 - March 22, 2017
Venue 〒612-8459
7 Rigu-cho, Nakajima Toba, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto15 minutes walk from Subway, Kintetsu Train Takeda Station
20 minutes by bus from Hachijo Exit, Kyoto StationFree car parking available
Participation fee Admission Fee 600 yen
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Hirosawa Pond Paper Lantern Festival
SightseeingColorful paper lanterns floating on Hirosawa Pond on Bonfire night【開催日】 August 16thThe night Daimonji Gozan Okuri-bi Ritual Fires for marking the end of Kyoto’s summer is held on August 16th , Countless colored paper lanterns, each with a burning candle are put on the Hirosawa Pond.
The location is excellent for seeing the Torii-gate hillside sendoff fire.
The fire reflected on the surface of the water is beautiful and you can enjoy the fantastic scenery.
What is obon?
You would often hear the word when you visit Japan in the middle of August.
Obon is an annual Buddhist event for commemorating our ancestors.It is believed that each year during Obon, the ancestor’s spirits return to this world to visit their relatives and to find the peace.
Obon is not an official public holiday and it is regarded as an important family gathering time when a lot of people return to their hometowns.
People visit family graves and clean them, then pray to their ancestors.
Flowers are placed on graves all over Japan.On the first day of Obon, chochin lanterns are lit inside houses and people go to their family’s grave to call their ancestors’ spirits back home.
On the last day, people bring the ancestor’s spirits back to the grave.
In some regions, fires called Okuri-bi (sent-off fire) are lit at entrances of houses to send the ancestor’s spirits back to the other world.By Kyoto local custom, the last day of Obon is always on the 16th – the day of Gozan no Okuribi, huge fire ceremony to send the ancestor’s spirits back to their world.
Venue Hirosawa Pond
Nearest bus stop :
Kyoto City Bus Yamagoe (about 10 minutes on foot from Hirosawa Pond) -
Shimogamo Open-Air Secondhand Book Festival in Tadasu-no-Mori
Sightseeing【開催日】 Augusy 11th – 16th 10:00 – 17:30 (Closed at 16:00 on the 16th)Kyoto summer is extremely hot but you could feel a little cooler in the full of greenery in Shimogamo Shrine.
Tadasu no Mori has a long history and appears in classical literatures such as Makurano Soushi and The Tale of Genji.
The forest is popular among local people and the place where they can relax.Shimogamo Open-air Secondhand Festival is one of the biggest open-air secondhand book festivals in Japan and it has more than 800,000 books sold.
It is known to attract a wide and varied crowd of visitors both young and old.
The shelves of books at the Furuhon (secondhand books) festival are not arranged according to author but it is fun to happen upon a precious treasure of your own!!There is a stream running through the forest and you can enjoy walking under a tunnel of trees.
Venue Tadasu no Mori in Shimogamo Shirine
Nearest bus stop:
Kyoto City Bus, Tadasuno Mori or Shimogamo Jinjya Mae (Shimogamo Shrine Mae) -
Miyagawa-cho Summer Festival
SightseeingOpen every day until August 31st (closed on August 15 & 16 )【開催日】 July 15 – August 31stMiyagawa-cho is one of the five charming Geiko & Maiko districts in Kyoto,
along with Gion Kobu, Ponto-cho, Kamishichiken and Gion Higashi, which are known as the Five Kagai.During the festival Mitagawa-cho will be illuminated by 120 lantern lights, enhancing the elegant night-time mood.
Spending a summer evening stroll the streets is a good way to recover from the heat of the day.People will be able to see Geiko and Maiko’s spectacular dance on stage and four Geiko
and Maiko dressed in cool cotton Yukata for summer join you at the beer garden.
Venue Miyagawa-cho Ochaya Society
（Access: 5 minutes on foot from Kiyomizu Gojo station, Keihan Train）Participation fee 【Miyagawa-cho Beer Garden】
Fee : 5,000yen (with food and drinks)
Reservation & Inquiries : Miyagawa-cho Ochaya Society
Tel : 075-561-1151
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