What Is Ekin? | A Guide to Kochi’s Unique Festival of Painted Folding Screens at Asakura Shrine
Colorful “Shibai-e Byobu” Along the Shrine Approach You may remember the “Ekin Festival” in Akaoka, Kochi—a unique summer event where dramatic folding screens called shibai-e byobu line the streets and glow under candlelight. But did you...