Yabusame Shinji

Name: Yabusame Shinji
Start: 2021-05-03T13:00Z+09:00
End: 2021-05-03T23:59Z+09:00

1:00pm

Free

Kyoto

A horseback archery display between the trees, this is an impressive feat of skill on show in Kyoto once a year. Taking place annually on the third of May, this event takes place in the run up to Kyoto’s Aoi Matsuri. At 1pm, carefully trained archers from the Ogasawara School will race through the forest in full traditional costume.

(Lily Crossley-Baxter)

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Dates

3rd May, 2021

Start/End Time 1:00pm

Venue Shimogamo Shrine

Entry Free

Web http://www.shimogamo-jinja...

Area

Kyoto

Access

0.7 km from Demachiyanagi Station Keihan Main Line (KH42)Eizan Main Line (E1)
1.1 km from Chayama Station Eizan Main Line (E3)
1.2 km from Kuramaguchi Station Karasuma Line (K5)

Weather

Typical weather at this time:

High: 21 ºC Low: 14 ºC

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