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Catch the Uji Tea Festival on the first Sunday of October

Water drawn from the bridge for the tea jars

Uji Bridge

Photos: z tanuki · CC BY 3.0 · 京都東 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Uji Bridge

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River water is drawn from the San-no-ma balcony of Uji Bridge and carried in procession to Kōshō-ji for the opening of the tea jars, in honour of Eisai, Myōe and Sen no Rikyū.

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