| DATE: | July 25, 2006, from 9:00 to 15:00 |
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| PLACE: | 21 Shishigatani Goshonodan-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto |
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| DIRECTION: | City bus #5 to Shinnyodo Mae bus stop/City bus #17 to Kinrin Shako Mae bus stop |
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| TEL: | 81-75-771-5360 | |
| ADMISSION: | 400 yen | |
| TEXT: | The Shishigatani Pumpkin Service for the Prevention of Apoplexy, as it is called, is believed to have started in the late Edo period. At the event, which is regarded as symbolic of summer in Kyoto, worshipers offer up prayers against palsy. On July 25 of each year, visitors to Anrakuji temple are served Shishigatani pumpkin. |