Yasaka Shrine Setsubun Festival 2026 625 Gionmachi Kitagawa, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture The highlight of the Yasaka Shrine Setsubun Festival is the dance offerings and bean-throwing performed by geiko and maiko from the hanamachi. At the Yasaka Shrine Setsubun Festival, beans are thrown with participants shouting only “Fuku wa uchi” (Good fortune in). This stems from the belief that no oni (demons) exist within the shrine grounds, so there is no need to chant “Oni wa soto” (Demons out). Dance offerings and bean-throwing: From the four hanamachi—Pontocho Kabukai Association, Miyagawacho Kabukai, Gion Kobu Kabukai, and Gion Higashi Kabukai—beautiful geiko and maiko present gagaku and imayo performances, followed by bean-throwing. The fukumame (lucky beans) distributed at the Yasaka Shrine Setsubun Festival (offering fee 300 yen) always come with a raffle ticket that guarantees a prize, making them very popular each year. Offering fee: 300 yen No blank tickets (every ticket wins something) You can draw your prize on the spot at the raffle venue Items distributed: Fukumame, skewer talismans, and other Setsubun festival–exclusive items. Some fukumame include raffle tickets for prizes. After the dances finish, geiko, maiko, and men and women born in the Year of the current zodiac will throw beans from the Maiden stage. The chance to be handed fukumame directly by hand occurs only at this moment. The front of the Maiden stage fills with excitement, and the shrine grounds take on the lively atmosphere typical of a Setsubun festival.

Kyoto Yasaka Shrine Gion Festival

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Speaking of Kyoto, the Yasaka Tower near Kiyomizu-dera Temple. Aiming at dusk, shoot with a lightly extended shutter time The result is an atmospheric photo.

Yasaka Shrine / Kyoto Yasaka Shrine / Kyoto May 15, 11:00〜 Sake Festival May 21: Mita Festival In Kanta, → Kyotamba-cho Tetaue Shinto Ritual is planned. Why don't you visit us!

It is the Yasaka Shrine West Tower Gate where you can see the scenery of Kyoto Shijo Street. It is a road that leads from a shrine that is over a thousand years old to Kyoto's largest downtown area.

Yasaka Shrine / Kyoto Yasaka-Shrine / Kyoto This photo was taken on the same day as the photo I posted earlier. I was able to take a beautiful photo with the contrast between the bright red color and the darkness of the night that took 😯 my breath away at the overwhelming presence! You can also see the torii gate in the back, but ⛩️ if you haven't visited yet, please come on! This photo was taken the same day as the one I posted earlier. The overwhelming presence took my breath away😯 The contrast between the bright red and the darkness of the night made for a beautiful photo! You can even see the torii gate in the back ⛩️ if you haven't visited it yet!

Yasaka Shrine / Kyoto Yasaka-Shrine / Kyoto I visited around September last year. Unfortunately, it was raining, but it was also wrapped in a fantastic atmosphere! There were almost no tourists at all, and for some reason, it was 😁 in a chartered state, so why don't you visit it? I visited around September last year. Unfortunately, it was raining, but that didn't stop it from creating a fantastic atmosphere! There were no tourists at all and for some reason we had the place to ourselves 😁I highly recommend everyone to visit!