{"id":37647,"date":"2024-08-29T11:22:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T11:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/no-category-1\/%e5%be%a1%e9%9c%8a%e7%a5%ad%e3%80%80%e9%82%84%e5%b9%b8%e7%a5%ad"},"modified":"2024-09-16T11:39:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T11:39:27","slug":"t0v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agatajapan.com\/en\/spiritual-en\/shrine-en\/t0v","title":{"rendered":"Goryo Festival Return Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"
Period<\/th>Thursday, May 18, 2023<\/td><\/tr>
area<\/th>Kyoto (city)<\/td><\/tr>
Location<\/th>Goryo Jinja (Kamigoryo Shrine) 495 Kamigoryo Tatemachi, Karasuma Higashi-iru, Kamigoryomae-dori, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto City<\/td><\/tr>
Hours.<\/th>The portable shrine departs around 13:00 and returns around 20:00<\/td><\/tr>
entrance fee<\/th>free<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n
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The oldest festival in Kyoto, with a parade of sword floats and portable shrines through the city<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Goryo Matsuri (Goryokai), the oldest festival in Japan dating back to 863, is held over 18 days from May 1 to 18, and is depicted in the national treasure Rakuchu Rakugai-zu Byobu (Scenes in and around Kyoto), a historical festival dating back to the Heian period. The “Kankosai” is held on the last day of the festival. Led by a sword float, a goshogashira (court carriage), an ox carriage, and three portable shrines, approximately 600 people in attendance parade through the Kyoto Gyoen and the town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The highlight of the tour is its route. The procession will travel through Teramachi Dori and Kawaramachi Dori, and then through the arcades of Masugata Shopping Arcade, a shopping district in Demachi. At the Sakuhei-mon gate of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, the portable shrine is lifted higher than its normal carrying height and carried in a “yasage,” or lifting up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At night, the portable shrines are returned to the shrine, and after the “mikoshi-furi” (swinging the portable shrines) and “yasage” (raising the portable shrines) are performed, the portable shrines are placed in the hall of worship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A must-see is the passage through the arcade of the Demachi Masugata shopping street and the raising of the portable shrines. Watch the lively and bustling procession from the roadside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Event Summary<\/h3>\n\n\n\n