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Photos from Jidai Matsuri (2007)
It took me a while, and I certainly didn’t limit the photos in the album to the keepers only, but here it is: a selection of the photographs taken yesterday, at the Festival of Ages in Kyoto.
Clicking on the picture will take you to the Jidai Matsuri Photo Album, where higher resolution photographs are available.
Enjoy!
Jidai Matsuri - The Festival of Ages
About 1,200 years ago, the Emperor Kammu chose picturesque Yamashiro with its beautiful mountains and clean water as the site of Heian-kyo, the new capital. This decision made on October 22 in the year 794 was the beginning of Kyoto.
In celebration of the 1,100th anniversary of the founding of the capital and in commemoration of [...]
Moon Viewers
“The clouds come and go
providing a rest for all
moon viewers.”
(Matsuo Bash?)
We enjoyed a superb evening yesterday, at the Moon Viewing Festival at Shimogamo-jinja. The weather was in perfect resonance with the collective wish of all of us present there, allowing us to witness the full moon shining brightly as it rose over the trees surrounding [...]
Admiring the Moon
As fall starts to make noticed its discrete presence, Japanese people’s sensibility towards nature comes forward once again, expressed through a variety of local events and festivals. They say we entered what they call Chushu no Meigetsu, or Mid Autumn’s Most Beautiful Moon.There are at least five* local moon admiring events in two days here [...]
Takase River Boat Festival
Takase River is now nothing more than a lovely small canal with clear water flowing along Kiyamachi street, but back in Edo era, it used to be an important transportation route in Kyoto. Today, between 10:30 and 16:00, maiko from Pontocho welcome visitors and by passers with green tea.
It was a beautiful day today, and [...]
