On March 3, 2026, the Girls' Day festival, Shimogamo Shrine, a World Heritage Site in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward, held the traditional "Nagashibina" (Flower Dolls) event, in which sins and impurities are transferred to dolls and then released into the river. Men and women dressed as the Emperor and Empress floated the small dolls down the Mitarashi River within the shrine grounds, praying for the healthy growth of children.
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