Introduction to the Mitarai Festival: July is the peak season for "matsuri" in Kyoto, Japan. In addition to the Gion Festival, one of the "three major festivals", the Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto, which is listed as a world cultural heritage, also has the "Mitarai Festival". Famously, more Japanese people participate in the Mitarai Festival at Shimogamo Shrine and dip their feet than wash their hands.