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December
2002 Events
December 1
Shimai Okuni Festival
at Jishu-jinja Shrine(075-541-2097)
Rituals/Kiyomizu-michi stop by City bus
Kencha Festival
at Kitano Tenmangu Shrine(075-461-0005)
Green tea festival/Kitano tenmangu-mae stop by City bus
Daikon-Daki
Festival
at Sanpo-ji Temple(075-462-6540)
Boiled white radish festival,served to visitors/
Sanpo-ji stop by JR bus
December 2
Antique Market
at To-ji Temple(075-691-3325)
Japanese antiques/7:00-16:00/Kintetsu Line Toji Stn
Daikon-Daki Festival
at Sanpo-ji Temple(075-462-6540)
Boiled white radish festival,served to visitors/
Sanpo-ji stop by JR bus
December 7
Daikon-Daki Festival
at Senbonshaka-do Temple(075-461-5973)
Boiled white radish festival/10:00-16:00/
Kamishichiken stop by City bus
December
8
Daikon-Daki Festival
at Senbonshaka-do Temple(075-461-5973)
Boiled white radish festival/10:00-16:00/
Kamishichiken stop by City bus
Hari-kuyo(Needle Memorial Festival)
at Horin-ji Temple(075-861-0069)
ceremony for old needles,sweet sake,traditional dance/Nakanoshima-kouen
stop by City bus
December 9
Daikon-Daki Festival
at Ryotoku-ji Temple(075-463-0714)
Boiled white radish festival,served to visitors/9:00-16:00/
Narutaki-Honmachi stop by City bus
December 10
Daikon-Daki Festival
at Ryotoku-ji Temple(075-463-0714)
Boiled white radish festival,served to visitors/9:00-16:00/
Narutaki-Honmachi stop by City bus
Simai Konpira Festival
at YasuiKonpiragu Shrine(075-561-5127)
The final festival of the year/Higashiyama Yasui stop by City
bus
December
12
Myoren-ji Temple Market
at Myorenji Temple(075-451-3527)
9:00-16:00/Horikawateranouchi stop by City bus
December 14
Yamashina's 47 Gishi Festival
Ymashina Gishi Festival Committee(075-591-7585)
very famous revenge story(Chushingura)procession from Bishamon-do
Temple to Zuiko-in Temple/9:50-
/Keihan Line Yamasina Stn
December 15
Chion-ji Temple Market
at Chion-ji Temple(075-781-9171)
8:00-16:00/Hyakumanben stop by City bus
December 21
Shimai-Kobo
at Toji Temple(075-691-3325)
Final market of the year/7:00-17:00/Kintetsu Toji Stn
December 23
Pumpkin Festival
at Yata-dera Temple(075-241-3608)
Rituals.Pumpkin served to visitors/Kawaramachi sanjo stop by
City bus
December 25
Shimai-Tenjin-san Market
at Kitano Tenmangu Shrine(075-461-0005)
Kyoto's second largest market,Final market of the year
/7:00-19:00/Kitano-tenmangu mae stop by City bus
Ominugui
at Chion-in Temple(075-531-2111)
The wooden statue will be cleaned with a silk cloth/13:00-/Chion-in
mae stop by City bus
December 28
Shimai Fudo Festival
at Tanukidani Fudo-in Temple(075-722-0025)
Burning of player sticks/Ichijo Sagarimatsu-cho stop by City
bus
December 31
Okera-mairi Festival
at Yasaka-jinja Shrine(075-561-6155)
This is old tradition,takes lighting okera ropes home and use
to light the first fire for New year's meal/Gion stop by City
bus
Joya no kane(Ringing in the New Year)
This rituals brings the old year to an end ushers in the new
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