Jidai Matsuri

Jidai Matsuri (Festival of The Ages) takes place once a year on October 22: the anniversary of Kyoto's foundation. This festival consists of a parade that travels from the Imperial Palace to the Heian shrine, which is a 2 mile walk.
This parade consists of thousands of people who are all wearing accurate garb from time periods of Japan's past. The costumes cover over a 1000 years of history and the parade is seperated by time period and then theme.
It starts with the Meiji Restoration and then goes backwards in time to the Heian Period. The parade took over 4 hours to watch! Just scroll through all the pics and enjoy!