Jukkoku -Bune , Sake Breweries and Fushimi Inari-Grand Shrine

During a break in the rainy season,

I went for a ride on “Jukkoku-Bune”, literally mean “a ten-stone boat ”in Fushimi Kyoto.

In the Edo period, the boat was a valuable means of transportation to carry goods to Osaka.

But in this day and season, it is a slow boat ride with a view of hydrangeas blooming on the shore.

It was such a comfortable boat trip with a touch of elegance.

Of course, I also visited sake breweries in that area and enjoy sampled 18 kinds of sake!

While feeling dizzy, still I went to the Fushimi Inari-Grand shrine.

The “thatched-rope” ceremony to purify the body during the summer was just about to begin.

In the blink of an eye, another half year has gone by.