【4K動画】さっそうと駆ける馬上から弓矢で的を射る「流鏑馬(やぶさめ)神事」が2025年5月3日、京都市左京区の世界遺産・下鴨神社で営まれた。流鏑馬神事は葵祭の前儀で、葵祭の安全を祈願する神事。新緑が鮮やかさを増した糺の森で、射手が馬と息の合った技を披露し、約2万人(主催者発表)の参拝者らを魅了した。

On May 3, 2025, the Yabusame ritual, in which archers shoot arrows at targets from galloping horses, was held at Shimogamo Shrine, a World Heritage Site in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City. The Yabusame ritual is a prelude to the Aoi Festival and is a ritual to pray for the safety of the festival. In the Tadasu Forest, where the new greenery is vibrant, archers and horses showed off their synchronized skills, captivating the approximately 20,000 visitors (according to the organizers).

0:19 関係者が入場 The people involved enter
0:26 (裏千家前家元)千玄室・流鏑馬保存会会長 (Former head of the Urasenke) Sen Genshitsu, Chairman of the Yabusame Preservation Society
1:52 糺の森を歩く流鏑馬の一行 A group of horse archers walking through Tadasu Forest
1:57 開始宣言 Start Declaration
2:56 流鏑馬が開始される The Yabusame ceremony begins