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Agata Shrine's Midnight Festival

The shrine enshrines Konohanasakuya-hime. Its Agata Festival, held in the dead of night on June 5 with every light put out, sends a bonten palanquin through the darkness — a rite of the dark night counted among Uji's foremost festivals. Some hold it was made guardian shrine of Byodo-in (tradition; accounts vary), and the name “Agata” already appears in the Kagero Nikki, by some accounts an old shrine that predates Byodo-in.

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These notes come from desk research. Local traditions vary.