Events & festivals・Kyoto
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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