Ahead of the Aoi Matsuri, one of Kyoto's three major festivals, which will be held on the 15th, the "Misogi no Gi" ceremony, in which the heroine, the Saio-dai, purifies herself by dipping her fingertips in water, was held on the 4th at Shimogamo Shrine in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City.
Under a clear May sky, the 68th Saio-dai, Mao Shiomi (21), a fourth-year student at Doshisha University, appeared in a twelve-layered kimono.
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Ahead of the Aoi Matsuri, one of Kyoto's three major festivals, which will be held on the 15th, the "Misogi no Gi" ceremony, in which the heroine, the Saio-dai, purifies herself by dipping her fingertips in water, was held on the 4th at Shimogamo Shrine in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City.
Under a clear May sky, the 68th Saio-dai, Mao Shiomi (21), a fourth-year student at Doshisha University, appeared in a twelve-layered kimono.