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Saruya Rest Area
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"Ice from the Duck Icehouse"
In the past, next to the Oiden Hall of Shimogamo Shrine, there was an "ice house" where fresh winter snow was stored in the Tadasu Forest until summer. The Shimogamo Shrine Ice House Ceremony, a traditional midsummer event in Kyoto, is also known as the "Koori no Sakujitsu" (first day of the month), and involves offering ice to the Imperial Court, praying for good health, and purifying oneself by eating ice. Following this ancient custom, Saruya shaves pure white ice like the first snow, naming it "Kamo no Himuro no Ice" (ice from the Kamo ice house), in hopes of a peaceful and safe hot summer.
* June 1st of the lunar calendar is the day of the religious ceremony to open the ice house.
Since ancient times, five grains have been offered as auspicious gifts to Aioi-san, the god of marriage at Shimogamo Shrine, one of the Seven Wonders of Kyoto. A "good-marriage zenzai" was made with the leftover azuki beans. The azuki beans are made from the highest quality Tanba Dainagon azuki beans, boiled to a rich flavor, and finished with auspicious red and white mochi. Please enjoy this dish while visiting Ino Shrine, and pray for a good relationship.
"Good Relationship Zenzai"
Saruya Rest Area
TEL
075-781-0010
location
Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto Shrine grounds, 59 Shimogamo Izumigawa-cho, Sakyo-ku
Opening times
10:00～16:30
Black beans contain many ingredients that are beneficial for health and beauty, and since ancient times they have been revered and eaten with the hope of living a long and healthy life. Before the early Meiji era, tea made from black beans was drunk by Shinto priests during their period of purification, and was considered a medicine for eternal youth and longevity. When hot water is poured into the teacup, the pale purple color of the setting sun spreads throughout the vessel.
This tea has been highly valued in the belief that the movement of the sun from sunrise to sunset represents the birth and eternity of life. Mame Mame Tea is made using only carefully selected black beans from the Tanba region, where the shrine's land was once located, and is prepared in the same way as in the past. Please enjoy the unchanging atmosphere and simple taste.
"Shimogamo Shrine Mame Mame Tea"
The Aoi Festival, a special feature of Shimogamo Shrine, has been restored after 140 years. The ceremonies are held for a month during the fourth month of the lunar calendar, and is an annual Kamo festival that conveys the glamorous aristocratic culture of the Heian period to the present day. Until the legalization of the Aoi Festival in the early Meiji period, on one day of the festival, rice cakes pounded in boiled red bean water were offered to the altar, and the people of the capital loved to call these rice cakes, which shine with a soft crimson color, "Aoi Festival's Monkey Mochi." "Crimson color" refers to the moment when the sky turns a light crimson color at dawn, and is said to represent the moment when life is born.
Following the historical tradition of eating it to purify the body, receive energy, and pray for safety and good health, Shimogamo Shrine's Monkey Mochi has been restored for the first time in 140 years.
"Monkey rice cake"
