【4K動画】京都三大祭りの一つ、葵祭を前に斎王代が身を清める「御禊（みそぎ）の儀」が2025年5月4日、京都市北区の世界遺産・上賀茂神社で営まれた。さわやかな光が降り注ぐ中、十二単（ひとえ）姿の斎王代・山内彩さん（25歳）が境内の御手洗（みたらし）川に、ゆったりと指先を浸した。

On May 4, 2025, the Misogi ceremony, in which the Saio-dai purifies herself before the Aoi Matsuri, one of Kyoto's three major festivals, was held at Kamigamo Shrine, a World Heritage site in Kita Ward, Kyoto City. As the refreshing light poured down, Saio-dai Aya Yamauchi (25 years old), dressed in a twelve-layered ceremonial kimono, leisurely dipped her fingertips into the Mitarashi River in the shrine grounds.

0:07　上賀茂神社の参道　Approach to Kamigamo Shrine
0:22　関係者が入場　The people involved enter
0:40　入場される彬子女王　Her Imperial Highness Princess Akiko of Mikasa entering the venue
0:55　斎王代と女人列が参道を歩く　The Saio-dai and women's procession walk along the approach to the shrine
2:07　御禊（みそぎ）の儀が行われる「御手洗川（ならの小川）」前　In front of the Mitarashi River (Nara no Ogawa), where the purification ceremony is held
3:12　手を浸けて御禊を行う斎王代　The Saio-dai performs a purification ritual by immersing her hands in water
4:56　人形（ひとがた）に息を吹きかけ罪やけがれを流す　Blowing into the doll to wash away sins and impurities
5:59　斎王代の人形流し　The Saio-dai also releases dolls
7:42　本殿に向かい遥拝　Prostration at the main hall