Do you know "naki-suna" (squeaking sand) that sounds when you walk along the coast? The sandy beach of "squeaking sand" is in all over Japan, and there may be some people who have already experienced, but the manner of singing Kotohikihama beach in Amino Town in the Tango peninsula is particularly amazing. Even if the wind blows it sounds squeaky enough to produce a … [Read more...] about Kotohikihama Beach, Kyoto
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Jidaimatsuri (Festival of the Ages), Kyoto
It feels like reading a story scroll. Jidaimatsuri (Festival of the Ages) is one of the "three largest festivals in Kyoto" lining up with Aoi Maturi Festival, Gion Matsuri Festival, was started in Heian Shrine in the middle of Meiji era. It is a masterpiece that the queue in each period's costumes walks through the city of Kyoto. You will be immersed in the feeling that you … [Read more...] about Jidaimatsuri (Festival of the Ages), Kyoto
Yasurai Matsuri Festival, Kyoto
"Yasurai Matsuri Festival" is a festival held on the second Sunday of April every year at Imamiya Shrine, Genbu Shrine, Kawakami Daijingusha Shrine in Kyoto. Although the festival to be held at Imamiya Shrine is the most famous, there seems to be an official document that Genbu Shrine is the birthplace of "Yasurai Matsuri Festival". The origin of Yasurai Matsuri Festival is … [Read more...] about Yasurai Matsuri Festival, Kyoto