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\nVenue<\/p>\n
J\u014dnang\u016b Shrine in southern Kyoto holds the Kyokusui no Utage twice a year in spring and fall, with the fall Winding Stream Banquet held on November 3rd.<\/p>\n
The Kyokusui-no-utage tradition is originally from China and it\u2019s popularity peaked in Heian Period.
\nThe banquet was not only a event that the old nobles were lavish in but a ritual that they purified their impurities to wish their health.<\/p>\n
Local poets dressed as Heian period nobility in rich silk robes proceed into the garden and receive the year’s poetry theme from the shrine priests.
\nThat scenery is as if you are in the Heian period.<\/p>\n
\u3010The schedule for Kyokusui no Utage\u3011
\nFirst, Shirabyoshi (traditional dancer) dedicates a dance at the stage, then Sake for God is poured into small cups and sent sailing down the small stream on bird-shaped boats.
\nSeven poets compose a poet by the arrival of cups and they take the cups from the water, drinks the sake when they finish composing a poet.
\nThe music of Japanese harp makes the banquet more elegant.<\/p>\n
14:00~
\nParticipants set at the shrine office and enter the main hall.
\nThey head to the garden after praying to the god.
\nAfter this, they enter the garden and take their seats.<\/p>\n
1.Receive the year’s poetry theme.
\n2.Participants take their seats and make a preparation.
\n Shirabyoshi dedicates a dance and musicians play the \u201cImay\u014d\u201d.
\n3.Sailing the cups down the stream.
\n4.Poets compose a poem and write down on a strip of paper.
\n5.Poets take the cups and drink sake for God.
\n The child collect the strip of paper.
\n6.Shrine priests read them and dedicate to the God.
\n7.Participants leave the garden.<\/p>\n
The garden opens for free on the event day.
\nThe small venue prevents observers from watching the banquet.
\nIf you want to watch it closer, you should visit earlier.<\/p>\n
\nVenue<\/p>\n
Venue:
\nJ\u014dnang\u016b Shrine
\nAddress:
\n7, Nakashima Tobanorikyu ch\u014d, Fushimi ku, Kyoto 612-8459
\nAccess:
\n15-minute walk from \u201cTakeda\u201d St. on the Karasuma subway line or Kintetsu line
\n3-minute walk from \u201cJ\u014dnang\u016b Higashiguchi\u201d bus stop on the Kyoto Bus at Kyoto Station
\nDate & Time:
\nNovember 3rd, 2019 14:00~
\nGeneral Admission: 09:00 \u2013 16:30 (last admission 16:00)
\nAdmission Fee:
\nFree<\/p>\n
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