Geisha and Maiko host “Nodate” (an outdoor tea ceremony) beneath the plum blossoms during the Baika-sai (Plum Blossom Festival), which takes place at Kitano-tenmangu Shrine each year on February 25.
Visitors to the shrine can look on as they commemorate Sugawara Michizane on the anniversary of his death.He was a well-known scholar, politician, and plum-blossom aficionado of the Heian-era who is celebrated as the god of study in the shrine on the anniversary of his death.
Advance tickets to the festival are available and highly recommended as Baika-sai usually attracts a crowd of thousands.
Baika-Sai (Plum Blossom Festival)
Location: Kitano-tenmangu Shrine
Date: 25th February
Religious service: 10:00 – (at the main shrine)
Nodate (tea ceremony): 10:00 – 15:00
(* Advance tickets are required to participate in “Nodate”. Tickets go on sale for the first 3,000 people from January 25.)
Special opening of the plum blossoms garden
Period Early Feb. – Mid Mar.
Entrance Fee: Adults 600 yen/ Children 300 yen
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Visitors to the shrine can look on as they commemorate Sugawara Michizane on the anniversary of his death…..