[:en]Tanzan Shrine[:ja]談山神社[:]

Wearing bright kimono, performers gracefully kick and pass a football in this classical courtiers game held at Tanzan Shrine. The Shrine is famous for being the site where the Taika Reforms, instituting a Chinese-style of governance, were ratified in 645 AD. It is believed that two men who formulated the Reforms became close friends through the kemari ball game.