Plum Blossoms, Green Tea, and Pretty Geisha – Ume Matsuri at Kitano Tenmangu Shrine, Kyoto
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Author: To celebrate plum blossoms and Tenjin-sama, the god of learning, a festival is held at Kitano Tenmangu Shrine in Kyoto where geisha serve visitors matcha green tea. Since it was my birthday I thought I would have tea with those geisha as one does. Kitano Tenmangu Shrine is a beautiful shrine especially during Plum Blossom season and when the geisha come but it hides a dark past of political manipulation, fear, guilt, and the need for appeasement of a vengeful spirit.
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Happy Birthday Dave. Great footage. You certainly know your stuff. Keep that camera rollin’.
Fantastic video, happy birthday, and GO NERDS!
Your vids are allways entertaining and educational! great vids man and happy birthday
how often do u run into English speaking Japanese or American tourists over there?
in tokyo not so much but kyoto everyone including native japanese seem to be tourists
nice tkx 4 the reply.
Awesome! Love the historical info and background that you provide w/your vids.
Thanks for the history lesson, Dave! 面白い！
I knew there was a reason that I look forward to your videos so much, its because they rock
Amazing video ~ VERY educational. This is an experience I would love to have. Such beautiful Geisha, and such beautiful Ume blossoms. Thank you for your hard work!
Happy Birthday. I’m glad you’re having a good day.
Dude great vid!
oh my… awesome video!! i learned a lot
おめでとう誕生日 sweet vid!
Dude, do you live in Kyoto or sumthin’!? You’re like ALWAYS here…
Oh. Happy birthday, btw.
That’s right the nerds always come out on top in the end. I just love your Vlogs not only do you get to see all these beautiful festivals in Japan. I kindly provide us with wonderful history of Japan. Thank you for posting the your videos and Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday.
Great video.. that shrine seemed very kewl.
Thanks for sharing.
Looks like you had a great birthday man…interesting story, nice views, cool vid : )
This video deserves way more views..
It is a shame you don’t have HUGE tits and a small black t-shirt, Dave… (you would not even need to leave your room)…
youtube is indeed a weird place…
Thank you for sharing the history.
@TheJapanChannelDcom
LOL …c’mon that’s not fair!! I am going to defend “her” because thanks to her (yes I got pulled in for the same reason but then…) I discovered a whole bunch of J-vloggers and have even learned quite a few things.
Peace!
@ RoninDave
great video and excellent explanation! another time & place to remember.
Peace!
@RoninDave True dat lol a lot of them are students