The so-called garden party actually refers to the Mountain God's parade.
From the first day of the Mountain God Festival, a carefully selected Divine Envoy brings the Mountain God's statue, led by ladies in ceremonial robes, accompanied by musicians playing elegant tunes, to parade from the central courtyard through the entire mountain. The role of Divine Envoy must be fulfilled by an unmarried maiden. Before the parade, the maiden must cleanse herself thoroughly of all impurities, and only then can she sit in the divine sedan chair.
When Fujiwara Reya emerged from the tea room, he happened to see the sedan chair carrying the Divine Envoy parading by.
The Divine Envoy, dressed in twelve-layered kimonos, looked elegant and magnificent with her beautiful appearance complemented by the attire.
"How lucky," Kawashima Miki remarked sarcastically.
She had seen the statue of the Mountain God being held in the arms of the Divine Envoy within the sedan chair.
