▼info▼ 📍Shimogamo Shrine (Kamo Mioya-jinja) @kamomioyajinja （🍡The café is “Saruya.”） ⛩️About A UNESCO World Heritage shrine, and one of Kyoto’s oldest, nestled within the ancient Tadasu no Mori forest. Famous for the Aoi Matsuri festival each May, and for the poetic “mizu-mikuji” water fortunes at Mitarashi Pond. - Sarumochi It's Shimogamo Shrine's special Japanese sweets and have been restored for the first time in 140 years. Until the establishment of the law in the early Meiji era, on the day of the Aoi Festival, rice cakes pounded with boiled beans were offered before the shrine, and the people of Kyoto called these rice cakes, which had a slightly “Hanezu color”shine, It was affectionately known as ”Aoi Matsuri no Sarumochi.” “Hanezu color” is the moment at dawn when the sky is dyed a pale amber color, which is said to represent the moment when life is born. - Mame mame cha（black beans tea） Black beans contain many ingredients that are useful for health and beauty, and have been revered and eaten since ancient times with the hope that they will last forever. Mamemamecha is made from carefully selected black beans from the Tanba region, which was once home to shrines, and is made in the same way as before. ※Tanba is producing excellent black beans in Japan. 🗺️Address 59 Shimogamo Izumigawacho, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto 606-0807 🚃Access ◾︎Train: About 10–12 min on foot from 　Demachiyanagi Station (Keihan/Eizan). ◾︎Bus: From Kyoto Station, City Bus 4 or 205 　 to Shimogamo-jinja-mae (or Tadasu-no-Mori-mae). 🕙Opening hours Usually 6:30 am – 5:00 pm for the inner gate; Kawai Shrine 6:30 am – 4:30 pm. Times may change for ceremonies. Closed: None (grounds open daily) Admission: Free for the grounds; some special areas have fees ・ ・ ・ #kyotoculture #kyotoshrine #kyotolife #dayinmylifevlog #下鴨神社