
【ロングバージョン】【4K動画】祇園祭の綾傘鉾(京都市下京区)の稚児6人が、祭りの無事を祈願する「社参の儀」が2025年7月7日、京都市東山区の八坂神社であった。稚児たちが、京都市内で最高気温37・9℃を記録した猛暑の中で神事に臨んだ。
稚児の6人は祇園祭・前祭(さきまつり)の山鉾巡行(7月17日)で綾傘鉾を先導する。この日は山鉾町の子として迎えられる「結納の儀」を経て、本殿で「社参の儀」に臨んだ。
On July 7, 2025, six young boys from the Gion Festival's Ayagasaboko (Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto City) performed the "Shasan no Gi" ritual to pray for the safety of the festival at Yasaka Shrine in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City. The boys participated in the ritual in the scorching heat, with a maximum temperature of 37.9°C recorded in Kyoto City.
The six young boys will lead the Ayagasaboko in the Yamahoko procession of the Gion Festival's Sakimatsuri (July 17th). On this day, they underwent the "Yuino Gi" ritual, in which they were welcomed as children of the Yamahoko town, before participating in the "Shasan no Gi" ritual at the main shrine.