On March 3, 2024, the Peach Festival, an event called Nagashibina, in which Japanese paper Hina dolls are floated down a stream, was held at Shimogamo Shrine in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City. A couple dressed in Heian costumes loaded the doll into a small straw boat and gently released it into the Mitarai River within the shrine grounds.
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