Events & festivals・Kyoto
Jidai Matsuri (Festival of the Ages)Jidai Matsuri
Also known as: 時代祭
The youngest of Kyoto's three great festivals, a rite of Heian-jingu begun in 1895 with the shrine's founding and the 1,100th anniversary of the move to Heian-kyo. Its highlight is a procession in period costume, held on October 22.
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