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There are one or two good snowy days in Kyōto each year, so when the flakes begin to flurry you have to make the most of it❄️🙌🌨️🧤🥶

#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #snow #winter #Japan #kyotosnow #snowday

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Ninna-ji's pagoda during a light snowfall.

A snowy Kinkaku-ji, one of Kyoto's most popular sites for shooting during winter weather.

The steps to Ryoan-ji's abbot's quarters, covered in snow.

Ninna-ji's great gate covered in a dusting of snow.

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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · 3 days ago

And just like that the poor oni are defeated for another year👋

#Kyoto #京都 #Setsubun #節分 #Japan #Rozanji #廬山寺 #鬼踊り #onidance #spring

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Blunt arrows bring shot signal the end of another year's Setsubun festivities.

In dramatic poses the oni admit defeat and are chased from the stage.

Priests carry packets of lucky roasted soy beans, ready to be tossed into the eager crowd.

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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · 3 days ago

Rozan-ji's (廬山寺) 'Tsuina-shiki Oni-no-Hōraku' (追儺式鬼法楽 'Driving Out Demons through Piety') ends as most Setsubun celebrations do with the oni cast out.
Arrows are symbolically 'fired' in all directions to dispel misfortune for the year ahead...

#Setsubun #節分 #Japan

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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social replied · 3 days ago

And just like that the poor oni are defeated for another year👋

#Kyoto #京都 #Setsubun #節分 #Japan #Rozanji #廬山寺 #鬼踊り #onidance #spring

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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · 3 days ago

Legend has it that Ryōgen cast out the irritating oni with the power of prayer and a waving of his 'sanko' (三鈷 'trident vajra').
The event became a regular celebration at the temple, though the 'oni odori' (鬼踊り 'demon dance') only dates to the Taishō period.
#setsubun #節分

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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social replied · 3 days ago

The red oni leads the group in a dance to spook onlookers, threatening with sumo-like movements, raised weapons and a cold stare.

driving demons
into the darkness...
laughing
闇がりへ鬼追出して笑ひ哉
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1813.
Trans. David G. Lanoue.

#Kyoto #京都 #Japan

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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · 3 days ago

Although oni are a common sight at Setsubun, Rozan-ji (廬山寺) has an origin story for its own 3 ogres.

When the temple's founder, Ryōgen (良源 912-85), was in training he was bothered by 3 troublesome oni (or spirits, depending on what version of the tale you read).
#Kyoto #鬼

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Rozan-ji's red oni carrying a sword and flaming torch.

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@tanukinomori_jp@pixelfed.social · 5 days ago

A light layer of snow adorns the Ichijoji district in Kyoto❄️

Even when the snow falls here, the city center often remains untouched.

📍Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City

#photography #winter #snow #landscape #japan #kyoto