| DATE: | January 8 - 12, 2007 | |
| PLACE: | Yamato-ouji Shijo-minami, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto |
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| DIRECTION: | City Bus #17 to Kawaramachi Matsubara |
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| TEL: | 81-75-525-0005 | |
| ADMISSION: | Free | |
| TEXT: | Ebisu Shrine is crowded with people during the five days around the main festival on January 10 (Hatsu Ebisu). During this period, good luck bamboo grass branches and talismans for business success and family prosperity are given to visitors. At 10:00 am on January 8 and 9, Toei actresses riding in a red and white palanquin decorated with pine, bamboo, and plum depart from Kyoto Studio Park Toei Uzumasa Eigamura to visit the shrine and department stores, shops, banks and other places to give out good luck bamboo grass branches in celebration of the turn of the year in Kyoto.
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