Open post Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · 14mo ago Replying to @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social 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 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
Open post Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · 14mo ago Replying to @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social 18 days before the first day of autumn (丑の日 'the day of the ox') people come to cleanse their feet (and hands). The 'ashitsuke shinji' ritual (足付け神事) is said to guard against chilblains and beriberi. It's likely that Konoshima-jinja's mitarashi festival is the city's oldest. #tradition #summer #festival Lighting a votive candle at Shimogamo-jinja's Mitarashi Festival. #Kyoto #Japan #MitarashiMatsuri #みたらし祭り #Shimogamojinja #下鴨神社 #summerfestival