Spring Festival @ Ichihime Shrine

While it snowed in Northern Japan yesterday, it was cold in Kyoto. But the calendar is spring, and I went out to observe the Spring Festival at the Ichihime Shrine in Kawaramachi Gojo.

This shrine is dedicated to the god of business and also the god who protects women from evil.

After the priest's congratulatory address, "Bow and Arrow" divine service was offered.

In Kyoto, we can find Maiko girls among attendance once in a while. I was lucky!

Her Kanzashi (hair ornament) was a flower of May "Iris."

And her purse with green apple print is from Kyoto's traditional textile company "RAAK."

There were not many visitors. It was a small and very elegant festival.