Mitarashi Festival (Shimogamo Jinjya Shrine)  御手洗祭り(下鴨神社)

The Mitarashi Festival, commonly known as the “Ashitsuke Shinji” (Ritual of Dipping Feet), involves immersing one’s legs up to the knees in the spring water of the shrine’s Mitarashi Pond while offering a lantern and praying for good health and freedom from illness.

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