Kyokusui-no-en (Kyokusui banquet) is an elegant banquet in which sake cups are floated down from the upper stream, and before they pass in front of you, you make a poem, take up the cups, and drink the sake.

It has been believed that “epidemics spread when the petals are falling,” while it has also been said that “peach blossoms have the power to ward off epidemics.
It is said that the origin of “Kyokusui-no-En” is the event to purify oneself by going to the waterfront, purifying oneself with water from a stream, drinking sake, and quelling the plague on the first day of the snake in March on the lunar calendar, when peach blossoms bloom.

The Kyokusui Garden in Senganen is the largest existing Kyokusui Garden in Japan, and is highly regarded as a valuable cultural asset that has been well preserved in its original state.

Please come and see this precious spring ceremony, which can only be seen once a year!

Date and Time: Sunday, April 13, 2025, 1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
In case of rain, the event will be a poetry reading and viewing will be closed.