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Kyoto: Eel Statues Guard Entrance at Shrine; Worshipers Venerate These Fish as Messengers of Deity

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The Yomiuri ShimbunThe statues of eels on both sides are seen in front of the torii gate at the Mishima Jinja Gohongu shrine in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto. The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] KYOTO — Most Shinto shrines have a pair of komainu guardian lion dog statues flanking their entrance. But one shrine in Kyoto’s Higashiyama …See the Story

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Kyoto's maiko and other geisha prepare for New Year's: The beginning of the New Year in the entertainment district (Kyodo News)

On the 13th, the traditional "Kotohajime" event was held in the entertainment districts of Kyoto's Gion district, where geisha and maiko greet their masters and tea houses and begin preparations for the New Year. At the practice studio of Yachiyo Inoue, the fifth head of the Inoue school of Kyomai and a Living National Treasure (Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City), many people dressed in colorful kimonos gathered.See the Story

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