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A friend of mine from a kimono forum we both visit took a vacation to Kyoto, and so I guided her through the Shijo area of Kyoto. We visited Yasaka Shrine, Chionin Temple, Maruyama Park, Gion Kobu, Miyagawacho, Pontocho, and Teramachi in lots of different orders and turn-abouts.

Yasaka Shrine always has a lot of weddings this time of year. The bride is wearing a shiromuku, which is a heavy, white, padded, wedding kimono. The headdress she's wearing is called a Tsunokakushi, or 'horn hider' which is supposed to hide her horns of jealousy at her future husband's cheating ways... because historically no one expected the husband to remain monogamous. That might not hold true now, though.

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A friend of mine from a kimono forum we both visit took a vacation to Kyoto, and so I guided her through the Shijo area of Kyoto. We visited Yasaka Shrine, Chionin Temple, Maruyama Park, Gion Kobu, Miyagawacho, Pontocho, and Teramachi in lots of different orders and turn-abouts.

Yasaka Shrine always has a lot of weddings this time of year. The bride is wearing a shiromuku, which is a heavy, white, padded, wedding kimono. The headdress she's wearing is called a Tsunokakushi, or 'horn hider' which is supposed to hide her horns of jealousy at her future husband's cheating ways... because historically no one expected the husband to remain monogamous. That might not hold true now, though.