▼information▼ 📍Saruya （in Shimogamo jinja shrine） @kamomioyajinja 🚌Shimogamo jinja mae bus station (or Tadasunomori mae bus station） 🍡Histories of famous sweets and tea - 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. Would you like to have break time at Saruya when you visit Shimogamo shrine? ・ ・ ・ #japan #japantravel #japaneseculture #kyoto #kyotolife #kyototravel #favoriteplace #kyotojapan #kyoto⛩ #culturetrip #voyage #voyagejapon #viaggio #reise #discoverkyoto #visitkyoto #京都 #京都旅行 #京都生活 #そうだ京都行こう #京都散策 #japaneseshrine #recommendedplace #일본여행 #下鴨神社糺の森 #shimogamoshrine #下鴨神社 #縁結び