Japan Trip: Jidai Matsuri costumes from every period, Kyoto, Japan
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The Jidai Matsuri is a festival that is held every year on October 22, the anniversary of the foundation of Kyoto. It comprises a large parade that travels from the Imperial Palace to Heian Shrine. Jidai Matsuri is Japanese for “Festival of Ages”, and the participants of the parade are dressed in accurate costumes from almost every period of Japanese history, as well as famous historic figures. About 2000 people participate in the parade and it takes two hours to watch the entire procession pass by.
The Jidai Matsuri is held by Heian Shrine, and both the festival and the shrine were established in 1895 to celebrate Kyoto’s history and culture. A few years before in 1868, the capital was changed to Tokyo after it had been in Kyoto for over a thousand years. Despite that the history is not long, the Jidai Matsuri is one of Kyoto’s three most famous festivals, along with the Gion Matsuri in July and the Aoi Matsuri in May.
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