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Kyoto's three famous festivals and the Gozan Fire Festival
Jidai Festival
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Date: 22 October
This festival, falling within the Autumn sight-seeing season, was started in the
28th year of the Meiji era (1895), when the 1100th anniversary of Heian Sento
(the relocation of the capital) was celebrated.
In the morning, the shrine procession travels from the Heian Shrine to the Kyoto
Imperial Palace, and at noon, processions representing each era parade through
the city, and return to the Heian Shrine. Over the course of one hour, the evolution
of cultural items and clothing over 1000 years is recreated. Especially in the
Edo era procession, old-style demeanor and interesting items of clothing belonging
to the Yarimochi, Kasamochi, Kyosekimochi, and Warajitori groups may be seen.
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