🎎PLUM BLOSSOM FESTIVAL🌸
In the Kyōto calendar there are a few times each year when the public is able to rub shoulders with maiko and geiko for a small fee.
During 'Baika-sai' (梅花祭) geisha and maiko serve tea beside Kitano Tenman-gū's (北野天満宮) plum orchard.
Baika-sai coincides with one of the city's biggest market days, so you can expect Kitano Tenmangū (北野天満宮) to be bustling today!
#KitanoTenmangu #北野天満宮 #Baikasai #梅花祭 #天神さん #Tenjinsan #marketday #market
🎎PLUM BLOSSOM FESTIVAL🌸
In the Kyōto calendar there are a few times each year when the public is able to rub shoulders with maiko and geiko for a small fee.
During 'Baika-sai' (梅花祭) they serve tea beside Kitano Tenman-gū's plum orchard.
plum blossoms-
singing Tenjin's sutra
a sparrow
梅咲や天神経をなく雀
-Issa.
The February 25th 'Plum Blossom Festival' (梅花祭), 'Baika-sai', commemorates Sugawara-no-Michizane's (菅原道真) tragic death in 903.
Brought down by his enemies, Michizane was exiled in all-but-name to a demoted post in Dazaifu (大宰府), Kyūshū.
He deeply loved plum blossoms, and it is said one flew from his home to be with him in exile.
🎎PLUM BLOSSOM FESTIVAL🌸
In the Kyōto calendar there are a few times each year when the public is able to rub shoulders with maiko and geiko for a small fee.
During 'Baika-sai' (梅花祭), reduced in scale this year, geisha and maiko serve tea beside Kitano Tenman-gū's plum orchard.
#KitanoTenmangu #北野天満宮 #Baikasai #梅花祭 #ume #梅 #Kyoto #京都 #Japan
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