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UPCOMINGOther· Annual
Okera Mairi
をけら詣り
Kyoto · Kansai
A New Year's Eve fire ritual unique to Kyoto, in which okera-root herbs are burned in lantern fires at Yasaka Shrine to purify the old year's misfortune. Worshippers light lengths of bamboo rope from the sacred flame and swing them, keeping the fire alight, to carry home for the year's first hearth.
- Dates
- December 31 – January 1Dates follow the event's usual annual pattern — confirm with the organizer before you travel.
- Location
- Kyoto · Kansai
- Nearest station
- Keihan 'Gion-Shijo' Station
- Crowd level
- National attendance
- Entry
- Paid admission
- Official site
- yasaka-jinja.or.jp
Happens every year
How to get there
~5-min walk from Keihan Gion-Shijo, or ~10 min from Hankyu Kyoto-Kawaramachi; at the east end of Shijo-dori.
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