Kyoto Festival: About the Zuiki Mikoshi [4K]

For more information please visit our website: The Zuiki Matsuri held by Kitano Tenmangū expresses gratitude for bountiful harvests, and nothing embodies this better than the festival’s portable shrine, which is decorated with vegetables and other dried flora. How did this interesting tradition begin? How exactly is this amazing omikoshi made? Listen to the chairman of the Nishinokyo Zuiki Mikoshi Preservation Committee explain how each year the local people gather and work together to maintain this fascinating tradition!