When I walked along the approach of Shimogamo-jinja shrine, I found some stalls. They're not so many. I smelled something sweet.
Today the shine hold a festival called Mitarashi-matsuri festival. The festival is very historical from about 1000 year ago.
If you go down to the a small river, you can go into the gate. Actually it's a bridge. Yes, you're going under the bridge.
Having a candle, I was walking in a river. The water is very cold!! It's a good refreshment in hot and humid summer. Everybody feel summer heating and boiling. So the festival is really nice for everybody.
People put a candle on the shelf. Good, a woman holding a kid on her back was putting a candle.
This festival is for wishing no sick and good health. So it's also good idea to go there with children!
Oh, don't forget about sweets in the festival.
You can take it out.
This is a Japanese popular sweet called Mitarashi dango. It' a sort of stick of sweet dumplings.
The same name of the festival. Because the origin of this sweet is the festival. So this sweet has also the own history about 1000 years.
These kind of historical things are, sometimes, really complicating and fun. There's always more to learn!
Enjoy the cool water, and Japanese sweet! They were also good learning to me!
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Good access by buses and trains to everywhere.
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