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Festivals, 22 Oct 2027

Jidai Matsuri

Kyoto's Festival of the Ages, a procession in the dress and make-up of Japan's past, from the Meiji era to the Heian court.

The Jidai Matsuri, the Festival of the Ages, is held in Kyoto on 22 October, the date traditionally given for the city's founding as capital in 794. It was started in 1895 by the Heian Shrine, built that year to mark 1,100 years since the move. About 2,000 people walk from the old Imperial Palace to the shrine in costumes of Japan's historical periods, from the Meiji Restoration back to the Heian era. The procession is a living record of past looks, including the white-powdered faces and high, painted brows of court ladies, customs once paired with blackened teeth.

Guides tied to Jidai Matsuri

OshiroiWhite face powder of the court and stageHikimayuShaved brows repainted high on the foreheadOhaguroThe teeth-blackening custom of the old court

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