This month, at the Yamahoko cruise of the Gion Festival in Kyoto, which was held for the first time in three years, a ceremony was held for a child riding a leading naginata to visit Yasaka Shrine.
"Naginata-hoko", which leads the pre-festival of the Matsuri floats at the Gion Festival on the 17th of this month, is known for the chigo, who is a local child, riding on the halberd and cutting the rope and performing a dance. ..
Due to the influence of the new corona, the cruise has been canceled for the first time in three years, and on the 13th, before the cruise, a child visits Yasaka Shrine in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City. The ceremony was held.
First of all, Zenta Okamoto, a child of this year and a fifth grader wearing a traditional costume, hangs on the ground from the Naginata-hoko Kaisho along Shijo-dori. Appeared.
Then, I went on Shijo-dori across Hakuba, and when I arrived at Yasaka Shrine about 1.5 km away, I got off the horse and headed for the main shrine.
After that, after receiving a priesthood from the priesthood, all the participants prayed for the safety of the procession.
In addition, the child received a talisman called "Sugimori".
Toshiro Inoue, President of the Naginata-hoko Preservation Society, said, "I prayed for the safety of the cruise and the elimination of the plague. The number of people infected with the new corona is increasing again, but I would like to take measures to prevent infection." I did.