Cherished Legend·Rakuchū / Shijō-Karasuma

Urade-yama's Fortune-Telling Sweetfish

This neighborhood keeps a Gion Festival float honoring Empress Jingu, a legendary ruler who caught a sweetfish to foretell the outcome of a battle. She is also revered here as a guardian of safe childbirth.

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These notes come from desk research. Local traditions vary.