Traditional events (Kyoto city)
Comb Festival
This is a festival of appreciation for people's favorite combs. Sponsored by the Kyoto Beauty Culture Club, this festival first began in 1961. At 1:00 in the afternoon a procession of women wearing traditional hairstyles from ancient to modern times proceeds down Higashi-oji-dori to Kushizuka Tomb in the shrine precincts, where they dedicate an old combs.
- Date :
- Fourth Monday in September
- Place :
- Yasui Konpira-gu Shrine
- Access :
- 100 meters from the Higashiyama Yasui stop on the City Bus line
- Information :
- Yasui Konpira-gu Shrine 075-561-5127
