"Chimaki" 厄除けの粽

”Chimaki"　That I promise it for a descendant of a charm against plague as the thanks for the warm service that I received in a house of a poor charm against plague (the older brother of the house which was wealth fortune declined it) when "Susanou-no-Mikoto"(素盞鳴命) demanded crash pad on a trip for an old days in a time limit of "Chimaki"(粽)of the Gion festival to let you avoid an evil of an epidemic and let a waist touch a ring of Kaya as the mark is done with ague of "Chimaki"(粽).
A citizen of resurrection that took care of "Susanou-no-Mikoto"(素盞鳴命) to a charm of the Shinto; is written clearly that is the next "Somin-Sorai" (蘇民将来）descendant.
The "Chimaki" is a charm of the ancient Shinto with an article causing happiness to each family.
This ”Chimaki" is sold in each Yamahoko-cho by an eve of Gion-Festival(Matusri).


The "kakkyo-Yama's" Chimaki

2007 Festival Eve

The musical accompaniment of the Gion festival

On July 10, the sound of the musical accompaniment sounds from each Hoko-cho in this time when the assembling of the Hoko float begins.
People call the exercise of this musical accompaniment the second floor musical accompaniment(Nikai-Bayashi).
The town of Kyoto swells until a Gion festival parade day of July 17.

A ceremony to select a turn as in a lottery

2008 Kyoto Gion-Matsuri(festival) ,A ceremony to select a turn as in a lottery.

Because the fight of the Yamahoko-cho did not die out over parade order as for the lottery collecting, it began in 1500 (Meio era 9) years. The end of the war such as Kyoto prefecture or a city hall is Yasaka-jinja Shrine just after that, and six angles of Edo was performed in the days of a temple, Meiji, but a municipal assembly assembly hall suffers from a meeting place from 1953.

2008 The parade order with each float of this year is as follows.

1. Naginata Boko 2. Mousou Yama 3. Aburatenjin Yama 4. Houshou Yama 5. Kanko Boko

6. Taishi Yama 7. Shijyoukasa Boko 8. Urade Yama 9. Niwatori Boko 10. Hakurakuten Yama

11. Araretenjin Yama 12. Yamabushi Yama 13. Tuki Boko 14.Ashikari Yama 15. Ayakasa Boko

16. Tourou Yama 17. Kikusui Boko 18. Tokusa Yama 19. Hakuga Yama 20. Kakkyo Yama

21. Houka Boko 22. Iwato Yama 23. Funa Boko 24. Kitakannon Yama 25.Hashibenkei Yama

26. Kurinushi Yama 27. Hachiman Yama 28. Suzuka Yama 29. Ennogyoujya Yama

30. Koi Yama 31. Jyoumyou Yama 32. Minamikannon Yama

Kippuiri, opening ceremony of festival 2008.

The Gion festival of 08 finally began.
"Kippuiri"opening ceremony of gion-matsuri(festival).
"Kippuiri(吉符入)" Rino Shinto ritual is a ceremony praying for the peace of the Gion festival of this year.