Onzosai (Sacred Garment Festival - Ritto Day)

About this event

The Onzosai Sacred Garment Festival at Yasaka Shrine marks the beginning of winter with a ritual changing of the deity's ceremonial robes to reflect the new season. The ceremony is a beautiful expression of the Shinto calendar's attentiveness to the turning of the seasons, honoring the deity with garments appropriate to the time of year. A small but deeply meaningful ritual in Yasaka's rich seasonal ceremonial life.