Gotanshin festival and chino-wa wreath
June 13th, 2008 by Carolyn ToddWhen: June 25th from 0900
Where: Kitano Tenmangu Shrine
Access: from JR Kyoto Station: bus 50, 101 (30 mins); from Shijo Kawaramachi: bus 203 (25 mins)
This is a purification rite in which a huge (5m) reed wreath is placed at the main shrine gate on the birthday of the shrine god.
It is said that people who walk through the wreath will stay healthy during the next year.
These events are held throughout the country in this season, although most of the events are on the 30th, but this is the biggest wreath in Kyoto.
