Kemari Hajime at Shimogamo Shrine, Kyoto 蹴鞠初め

On Jan. 4, a Shinto ball-kicking ceremony called kemari hajime is held at Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto, Japan. A team of eight people in formal robes kick around a deerskin ball and try to keep it in the air as long as possible. I saw it on Jan. 4, 2010. Photos: photoguide.jp/p...

[@alfiogervasi1484]

no boring. Very very nice.

[@JoniOrtizArte]

Subarashii pachanuga

[@DaSpooge]

Wow, those Japanese priests sure knew how to have fun...

[@glr4764]

YTea, but they need to practice more; most of them suck >,

[@zhivkozaev2438]

Guillermo Lahera Well it’s not like their main job is priests and not footballers or anything like that

[@danielcomrie1460]

Huh. From the written descriptions I've read about this game, I pictured it being more like hacky-sack with extreme handicaps by way of the voluminous robes.

[@nobuoka401]

日本代表ユニホームも、ここからデザインコンセプトを抽出するべきだ、八咫烏つながりで

[@brilleaben]

Get Kagawa or Honda in these clothes and have it off

[@igetbare]

They are teeerrible

[@R.Sakurai]

平安時代の蹴鞠名人は、今のサッカー選手のように、もっと若くて上手だったのでは？

[@s4nnybunny04]

boring.