September 15th
Yoshitsune Festival
Kurama-dera Temple is famous for a legend about Tengu, an imaginary long-nosed goblin. It is said that Tengu trained one famous samurai, Minamoto-no-Yoshitsune, on Mt. Kurama in the 12th century. On this day, you can see a martial arts performance in front of the main hall of this temple.
- 11:00~
- Kurama-dera Temple (take the Eiden line from Demachi-yanagi Station, and get off at Kurama Station.)
- ¥200
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