Heian-period 'Feast on a winding stream' reenacted in Kyoto

Heian-period 'Feast on a winding stream' reenacted in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Watched by a crowd of spectators, the annual ''Kyokusui-no-en,'' a Heian period (AD 794-1185) pastime for nobles, is reenacted in the garden of the Jonan-gu shrine in Kyoto on April 29. Kyokusui-no-en, or feast on a winding stream, was performed by nobles who had to compose a Japanese poem and write it down on a strip of paper before floating cups of sake reached them, or else they had to drink the sake as a penalty.

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