- Annual Ritual Service for Dolls -


DATE:  

October. 14, 2006   Starts 10:30 (reception closes at 11:30) Admission of dolls for the service is between 9:30 and 10:30

PLACE:  

Teranouchi Dori Horikawa Higashi Iru, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto

DIRECTION:  

Take City Bus #9 to Horikawa Teranouchi stop

TEL:   81-75-451-1550
ADMISSION:   Memorial service fee starts at 3000 yen (for dolls submitted at the temple's reception)
TEXT:  

This annual memorial service for dolls is a once-a-year special service that includes a dance performance by Shimabara Tayu and a live performance of traditional Japanese music.  Dolls are taken to an appropriate spot where they are incinerated to the sound of sutras being chanted.  Dolls can be submitted at the temple's reception on the day of the service or mailed to the temple in advance.