The culmination of the fall matsuri season here in Fushimi is the Misu Jinja matsuri in my neighborhood. It is quite an event. It starts with a gigantic torch that is lit on fire and carried along Takeda Kaido. It ends with the shishi in the morning and o mikoshi in the afternoon and evening. [...]
Archive for October, 2010
Misu Jinja Matsuri – Shishi and O mikoshi
Posted in Festivals on October 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Fushimi at Night
Posted in How to enjoy Kyoto on October 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One of the best ways to enjoy Kyoto is exploring at night. Kyoto dons a different mask at night. All of Kyoto’s charms come out to play at night. One of the first things that catches your eye are the paper lanterns called “chochin”. It’s festival time here in Fushimi, so the lanterns have come [...]
Fall Festival in Fushimi
Posted in Festivals on October 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There’s nothing like a festival to bring some fun into everybody’s lives. It brings people together and let’s them forget for awhile about everything else and focus on just having some fun! Here are some pictures from our local festival here in Fushimi. This festival is associated with the Gokonomiya Shrine. The “hana gasa” are [...]
