Jidai Matsuri Festival on 22nd of October Every Year

If you'd like to enjoy a festival with great parades, why don't you come to Japan on 22nd of October. It was special last year, 2012. And I was very interested in it, because I didn't have enough time to watch the whole part.

This year, I have enough time! Of course, I went there on 22nd of October! For The JIDAI MATSURI FESTIVAL!


It was crowded. Yeah, great but crowded place. The name of the red building is Heianjingu shrine.


Dog doesn't care anything about the festival, maybe.
The parade came! Their costumes are belonging to so many periods of Japan. 100 years ago, 150 years ago, 300 years ago and so on. Some of them are more than 1000 years ago. 
They went into the gate of the shrine.


Big caw vehicle came! Cool! 

He was playing a famous general in Sengoku period, which is samurai war period.



Oh, one good way to watch the parade. Next year, I definitely use the way!

The girl was famous for the samurai girl. So beautiful!


And the weather is fine. 


The show on the parade goes on. Maybe it's vague.Here's the movie. It's better than a photo this time.





The parade shows a parade in Edo period, which is from old Japan.The name of that festival is Jidai Matsuri Festival. I enjoyed it. But, I will do next year.



And I found a cute cat. I played with it for waiting for another festival on 22nd of October. It's at night. Yeah, of course, I went there. Next time to write the article, I will write about another festival, which is the "Fire Festival" in Kurama!

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