「祇園祭」・・・を思い浮かべると
7月中頃の京都の町に聳える　鉾の印象が強いですが
儀式は7月の末に幕を閉じます。
When you visualize “Gion Festival”…
most people may imagine HOKO soaring at the city of Kyoto during the middle of July, but the ceremony would end at the end of July.

7月28日は神輿洗式でございました。
On July 28th, there were a ceremony of “Mikoshi-Arai.”

神輿三基を舞殿に据えた後、
その内一基（中御座）の前後を
松明で照らしながら四条大橋まで担ぎ、
鴨川の神用水にて神輿を清める儀式。
Mikoshi-arai is a ceremony which 3 Mikoshi would be placed on Buden,
and after the placing are done, the portable tabernacle of the principal deity reverence (Nakagoza) is separated from the other two and would be taken to the Shijo Bridge with torchlight to be purified by the Kamo river.

昨晩の四条大橋付近は　歴史ある瞬間を一目見ようと
多くの人で賑わっておりました。
伝統的な儀式を間近で拝見できる京都の魅力を
改めて感じた瞬間でした。
Last night, near the Shijo bridge was crowded by many people who came to see the historical moment.
It was a traditional moment which made me feel another enchantment of Kyoto.

京都本店　和婚プランナー
新井　まや
Kyoto Salon Wakon Planner
Maya Arai