https://twitter.com/ankou_anko/status/467896383794454529
Spirit Festival (御霊祭) is a local celebration currently held each year on May 18 in Demachi, and is said to be the oldest known festival in Kyoto. A large procession that includes very ornate carts and portable shrines (神輿 mikoshi) makes its way around the entire district before arriving at Kamigoryō Jinja (上 御霊神社) for an elaborate ceremony. One of the most high energy segments of the day long event is when the parade, including all of the carts and mikoshi, charges right through Demachi Masugata Shōtengai (出町桝形商店街), with crowds of onlookers filling every available space in the arcade and up the side streets. In Tamako Market Episode 4, this event is recreated in great detail, even down to quite faithful renderings of the costumes and mikoshi. This post is a round up of the best images and notes by those in attendance for the 2014 festival.
@yakimeshi_1973 uploaded a photo gallery covering the procession, several of which appear below.
神輿出し。金の神輿の鳳凰は外され、境内を出る前に取りつけられる。 pic.twitter.com/83D0MbsRDU
— yakimeshi (@yakimeshi_1973) May 18, 2014
Preparing the mikoshi for departure
曳き山？地車？のお祓い。 pic.twitter.com/BEVH79DQJn
— yakimeshi (@yakimeshi_1973) May 18, 2014
巡行開始。 pic.twitter.com/5siuc1uUH0
— yakimeshi (@yakimeshi_1973) May 18, 2014
The procession begins
いつもより高く上がっております pic.twitter.com/NDKFdHFXru
— ごるご (@golgo_juusou) May 18, 2014
Waka Saba-chan has been drawn up a bit higher than usual, probably to avoid a collision with the mikoshi as they pass through.
今出川口の神輿が台車におさまりました。 pic.twitter.com/bGnQxt5RCz
— yakimeshi (@yakimeshi_1973) May 18, 2014
— yakimeshi (@yakimeshi_1973) May 18, 2014
今年は行列がアーケードを練り歩いてる。 pic.twitter.com/wS0YYqLDYo
— yakimeshi (@yakimeshi_1973) May 18, 2014
The procession enters the covered pedestrian arcade
お稚児さんだけ撮れれば幸せなんです。#tamakolovestory pic.twitter.com/N2yh1qhfnI
— 夷（ゑびす）@宇治ユーフォ本通販中 (@ye_bi_su) May 18, 2014
https://twitter.com/ankou_anko/status/467882672044257280
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@tesra1141 utilized the high art of monopod and remote trigger skills to capture an overhead video of the large, gold painted mikoshi passing through the arcade:
今年も、うさぎぴょこぴょこ、うさぎやまーーー！#tamakolovestory pic.twitter.com/BQvP5zCPrz
— 夷（ゑびす）@宇治ユーフォ本通販中 (@ye_bi_su) May 18, 2014
アーケードを通る神輿。 pic.twitter.com/E4NQ5MdEgO
— yakimeshi (@yakimeshi_1973) May 18, 2014
https://twitter.com/ankou_anko/status/467885946088607744
https://twitter.com/kishi_gabpcts/status/467886495811248128
https://twitter.com/ankou_anko/status/467889250029928448
— ごるご (@golgo_juusou) May 18, 2014
桝形商店街御輿がとおっています pic.twitter.com/TkjVJxWEK6
— 京都・出町桝形商店街 (@masugatakun) May 18, 2014
商店街を神輿が通っていった。 #たまこまーけっと #たまこラブストーリー #tamakolovestory http://t.co/c5nW244Epv http://t.co/Q2bg9hDsrR http://t.co/zZSegA8FP2
— エンドス (@los_endos_) May 18, 2014
桝形商店街をとおっています pic.twitter.com/z5mAPRSTJD
— 京都・出町桝形商店街 (@masugatakun) May 18, 2014
今日の出町桝形商店街さんのお神輿 動画からの切り出しです たまこまーけっと pic.twitter.com/6nZZzpX6lz
— テスラ (@tesra1141) May 18, 2014
