Jidai Matsuri is a traditional festival in Kyoto that takes place every year on October 22nd. This festival started from 1895 (Meiji period).
Jidai Matsuri
The aim of Jidai Matsuri is to preserve and exhibit the traditional methods and techniques to create armors, costumes, or tools. You can see beautiful costumes or armors which are made with refined and solid techniques from Heian period to Meiji period. (8C ~ 19C)
Fujiwara Period (Around 894 to 12C)
The parade leaves Kyoto Imperial Palace around noon and walks to Heian Jingu Shrine. It takes about 3 to 4 hours from the beginning of the parade to the end of it. 2,000 people join the festival and all of them wear traditional clothes and walk the main streets of Kyoto to Heian Jingu Shrine.
Edo Period (1600~1868)
Azuchi Momoyama Period(1568~1600)
Shibata Katsuie
Ashikaga Shogun
Muromachi Period (1338~1573)
Shizuka Gozen
Sei-Shonagon and Murasaki-Shkibu
Ono-no-Komachi
Wake-no-Hiromushi
Tomoe-Gozen (Lady Samurai)
Sakanoueno Tamuramaro
Enryaku Period (782~806)
Tomoe-Gozen
Jidai Matsuri is one of the biggest festivals in Kyoto. Please visit Kyoto and see these beautiful works of art.