"In the autumn flames and mountains, there is the rain of fox's weddings" (秋の火や山は狐の嫁入雨)
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶).
Trans. David Lanoue.

Kitsune-no-Yomeiri (狐の嫁入り "The Fox's Wedding") refers to sunshowers and atmospheric ghost lights, both likened to the bobbing lanterns of a fox procession.

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As you may have already guessed...Nao-chan was one of the ten kitsune brides!😮🦊🤗

After 20 years the event is due to come to a close in 2024, so she will also be one of the last fox wives.

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Kōdai's "Kitsune no yomeiri" (狐の嫁入り "Fox's Wedding") takes place on 5 days, when the blossoms are at their peak.

Each evening two fox brides make their way to a symbolic wedding, driven by rickshaw from Ōtani Sobyō (大谷祖廟前), along Nene-no-michi (ねねの道) to Kōdai-ji.

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For Hanatōro around 2400 lanterns would stretch from Shōren-in (青蓮院) to Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺), via Maruyama Park (円山公園-where there are displays of ikebana 生け花), Kōdai-ji (高台寺), Ninnenzaka (二年坂) and Sannenzaka (三年坂).

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Autumn light-ups, especially amongst the Higashiyama temples, have become big business🔦🍁

Here's a few you can still catch before the fall colours disappear for another year🍂👋

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