Old-fashioned "Karuta Hajime" Kyoto Yasaka Shrine January 3 17:34
The "Karuta Hajime" was held at Yasaka Shrine in Gion, Kyoto, where karuta were worn in costumes from the Heian period.
"Karuta Hajime" is based on the legend that "Susanoo", the sculptor of Yasaka Shrine, wrote the first Japanese poem in Japan, and the Karuta enthusiast group We go on March 3.
On the 3rd, 12 women and 12 children, dressed in colorful Heian era costumes, climbed up to the Noh stage on the precincts and faced each other across the karuta of one hundred people.
When the reader read the phrase above the waka in a unique moderation with inflection, he was picking up a tag with the phrase below in an elegant hand.
In addition, there were also competitions, and as the reading began, a tense battle was held at the same time to quickly pick up bills.
A lot of people came to the venue and enjoyed the old-fashioned New Year's event with photos.
A 50-year-old woman from Aichi Prefecture said, "I enjoyed the elegant work and the beautiful costumes very impressively. It was a good day like the New Year."