2024 People in historical costumes leave the Kyoto Gyoen National Garden in Kyoto during the Jidai Matsuri (Festival of the Ages) parade on Oct. 22, 2024. The Worst Horror Movies of All Time This ...

KYOTO -- The Jidai Matsuri, one of the three major festivals in the ancient Japanese capital and a colorful autumn event, was held on Oct. 22. Some 2,000 people dressed in costumes from eras ...

The Jidai Matsuri on October 22 pays homage to Kyoto's 1,200-year history, from the Meiji through the Heian periods, with 2,000 people parading in period costumes. The festival shows the Kyotoites ...

Japan’s former capital Kyoto plays host to numerous well-known festivals that attract tourists to the area, including the Aoi Festival, the Jidai Festival, and the Gozan no Okuribi. But Japan ...

Core Kyoto narrator Gary Tegler gets a close-up look at the Gion Matsuri, which began over 1,000 years ago, as he unravels the mystery of the decorations and meets the foreign volunteers.

The Gion Matsuri dates back more than 1,000 years to the Heian Period. It has its origins in the Gion Goryōe, a festival to pray for delivery from outbreaks of epidemic disease. The festival runs ...

The Gion Matsuri is one of the most prestigious annual ... ornate floats that paraded across the city of Kyoto over two separate days. Using GPS, it showed the location of each float.

KYOTO--Tourism officials here are offering premium ... called “Yamahoko Junko,” and the turns during the Saki Matsuri (the first climactic part of the Gion Festival) on July 17.

Matsuko, an assistant professor of history, discovers ancient human bones at Toribeyama, and her student, Suzuko, starts to approach her. As Suzuko shows an unusual fascination with the bones, the ...