Saeki Lanterns

Saeki Lanterns

Event Overview

During the Heian period, there was a year of cold damage with heavy snowfall in May, and the festival of "Five Gan Fertility and Fertility Prayers", which began with the dedication of the Five-Kon-kon and one-kon-kon from the Imperial Court of Time. Today, a line of five shrines, large drums, and Shinto koshi, led by the four shrines, fired a large torch from Hiedano Shrine to the forest of Gorei Shrine, signalled to the gods, and visited the three shrines in the shrine. It comes down to Hiedano Shrine. The four shrines will hold a prayer festival for the five grains of fertility. Ningyo-jōruri is dedicated on the smallest skewer doll in Japan, and heroic rituals such as gokōkō and taikō are unfolded on the five-piece shingun and the shingkō and taikō. Image courtesy of Kameoka City Tourism Association

Info

JR Kameoka Station → Bus 15 minutes, Bus stop: National highway Saeki ride, 1 minute walk
2km 5 minutes from Kameoka IC on the Kyoto Longitudinal Road via National Route 372
12/Free

Event Period

Price

Free

Event Category

Festival of fire and lights, sacred koshi, floats, etc.


Tradition of Taikon's Ningyo Joruri
Kameoka City Tourism Association

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