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Aoi Matsuri (Aoi Festival)Aoi Matsuri

Also known as: Kamo Matsuri・葵祭

One of Kyoto's three great festivals, formally the Kamo Matsuri. It is the joint annual rite of the Kamigamo and Shimogamo shrines, with a procession in courtly dress along the old avenues; the hollyhock (aoi) leaves give it its name.

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