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It takes about an hour to see the entire procession go by.131 viewsWall of Kyoto Imperial Palace.
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Flower umbrella called furyu-gasa. 風流傘131 viewsThese flower umbrellas are mainly for decorative purposes, to add more color to the procession.
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Procession crossing over the Kamogawa River on the Misonobashi Bridge to Kamigamo Shrine. 御薗橋131 views
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Huge crowd watch the floats turn at the corner in front of Kyoto City Hall. 京都市役所前131 views
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A sea of people in front of Kyoto City Hall. 京都市役所前131 views
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Successful corner turn to Oike-dori street131 views
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Shijo-dori street and Naginata float. This area was the most crowded.131 views
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Otagaki Rengetsu was a poet. 太田垣蓮月131 views
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In green is the Kocho dancer with butterfly wings. In orange is the Karyobinga.131 views
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Marijuana leaf (or maybe maple leaf) design on this street gutter cover near Manpukuji. Probably hemp leaves, commonly used for making cloth.131 views
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Main promenade of Kyoto Imperial Palace130 viewsUnless you get here early, it is very difficult to get a good place to take pictures. This promenade is the most popular place for photographers. It is most scenic because there are no distracting buildings.
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Norijiri horsemen leads the procession. 乗尻130 views
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One of six court dancers called maibito. 舞人130 views
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Urade Yama float 占出山130 views
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Tsuki Hoko 月鉾130 views
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The wheel's diameter is 1.9 meter.130 views
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Amida-do Hall is an Important Cultural Property at Nishi Hongwanji, Kyoto. 阿弥陀堂（本堂）130 views
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Bridge to Shimogamo Shrine 出町橋129 views
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Comical play called "Kyogen Furyu" 狂言風流129 views
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Shijo-dori street is the first segment of the procession route. 四条通り129 views
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Fune Hoko boat-shaped float. 船鉾129 views
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Fune Hoko boat-shaped float makes the turn.129 views船鉾
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Matsuzakaya 松坂屋129 views
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Minami-Kannon Yama float129 views
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Chief Commissioner (Director of the Heian Kosha organization of parishioners of Heian Jingu Shrine.)総奉行（平安講社理事長）129 views
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Izumo-no-Kami 出雲阿国129 views
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Lady Murasaki Shikibu (left) was the author of Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari). Sei-Shonagon (right) authored "The Pillow Book" and wears a juni-hitoe 12-layer kimono. 清少納言、紫式部129 views
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The Kyoto Imperial Palace is spread over 27 acres or about 110,000 square meters. It's rectangular as is the national garden that surrounds it.129 views
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Shin-Mikuruma-yose129 views
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Castle moat128 views
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Horse track at Shimogamo Shrine. 下鴨神社128 views
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The procession departed Shimogamo Shrine at 2:20 pm to head for Kamigamo Shrine up river. People here waiting for the procession along the Kamogawa River. 鴨川沿いの加茂街道128 views鴨川沿いの加茂街道
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Minami-Kannon Yama float always appears last in the parade. (This float now appears in the Ato Matsuri parade on July 24.) 南観音山128 views
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Katsura Kogoro 桂小五郎（木戸孝允）128 views
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Kino Tsurayuki-no-Musume was the daughter of famous poet Tsurayuki. 紀貫之の女128 views
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Shunkoden Hall (春興殿) was built on the occasion of Emperor Taisho's enthronement in 1914. The wooden building's roof is made of copper plates.128 views
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High-ranking Lady of the Court127 views高級女官
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Horses going to the starting point to run down the track between the two toriis at Kamigamo Shrine.127 views
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Roof tiles of palace wall. Kyoto Gyoen National Garden is rectangular. It used to be a town of 200 homes of court nobles surrounding the Imperial Palace while the emperor lived in Kyoto. 127 views
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Hiroshige's woodblock print of Kameyama (47th post town on the Tokaido) from his "Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road" series. Kameoka was formerly named Kameyama.127 views
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3:30 pm: The procession reaches Kamigamo Shrine. 上賀茂神社126 views
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Finale: "Hana Utage" (Flower Banquet). Spring yields to early summer. 花うたげ126 views
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"Kyogen Furyu" 狂言風流, comical play featuring a rabbit and monkey who enjoy the longer daylight in spring.126 views狂言風流
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There are nine of these giant hoko floats.126 views
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Tenjin-yama126 views
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Deck of Kiyomizu-dera main hall126 views
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Wake-no-Hiromushi was a caretaker of many orphan children. She was a catalyst for Japan's orphanages. 和気広虫126 views
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Ono no Komachi was a famous poet reputed to be exceptionally beautiful. She wrote many poems about love as she had many love affairs. 小野小町126 views
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Room inside Shodaibu-no-Ma with Nissho and Gessho banners.126 views
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About the Takamikura Imperial Throne in English. Nice that they have English signs.126 views
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The Otsunegoten has 15 rooms. 常御殿126 views
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Flower umbrella125 viewsThese flower umbrellas are mainly for decorative purposes, to add more color to the procession.
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Kamigamo Shrine 上賀茂神社125 views
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Yoshikawa: A special treat is that private residences in the old kimono merchant district open up their entryways to show folding screens, kimono, and other treasures.125 views
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Crowd and floats om Shijo-dori street 四条通り125 views
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Lady Yodogimi's maids.125 views
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More Heian Period ladies.125 views
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Wake-no-Hiromushi's orphan kids125 views
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The Shin-Mikuruma-yose had a display of two mannequins posed as Gosechi-no-Mai dancers.125 views
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It also houses the throne for the empress called the Michodai. Both the Takamikura and Michodai were originally made for Emperor Taisho's enthronement ceremony. 御 帳台125 views
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Geta for 600 yen124 views
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Mayor of Kyoto and Jidai Matsuri banner. Very many historical figures and costumes appear in this festival. If you're a student of Japanese history, you will want to see this. 京都市長、時代祭旗124 viewsIt's most crowded at the Kyoto Imperial Palace. Go early if you want good views. Be prepared to sit on the ground. Festival will be postponed in case of rain.
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Izumo-no-Kami, shrine maiden from Izumo Shrine and Tokugawa descendant. In Kyoto, she performed a prayer dance which became the origin of kabuki. 出雲阿国124 views
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Pulled on a cart are Sei-Shonagon and Lady Murasaki Shikibu. 清少納言、紫式部124 views
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Gosechi-no-Mai court dancers (mannequins).124 views
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Even the uneme court waitress looks like a princess.124 views
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Kinkakuji is one of the world's most picturesque buildings.124 views
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The city of Maibara is pursuing a Kizuna campaign in reference to the bond (kizuna) with family and one's hometown. The city thus commissioned Bruce to shoot outstanding Oyako living in Maibara.124 views
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Fire hydrant manhole. Near Manpukuji, Uji, Kyoto.124 views
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Saigo Takamori 西郷吉之助（西郷隆盛）123 views
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Court nobles who were Meiji Restoration heros: Yoshimura Torataro, Rai Mikisaburo, and Umeda Unpin 吉村寅太郎、頼三樹三郎、梅田雲浜123 views
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Edo Period (1600-1868): Procession of Tokugawa Shogun's Deputies 江戸時代：徳川城使洛列123 views
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Ono no Komachi's maid. 侍女123 views
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Minami Kannon-yama float122 views
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Otowa no Taki waterfalls122 views
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Patriotic Court Noblemen: Sanjo Sanetomi, Sanjonishi Suetomo, Higashikuze Michitomi, Mibu Motonaga, Shijo Takauta, Nishikoji Yorinori, and Sawa Nobuyoshi 七卿落：三條実美、三條西季知、東久世通禧、壬生基修、四条隆詞、錦小122 views
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Takigawa Kazumasu 滝川一益122 views
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Lady Shizuka-gozen is dressed as a Heian-Period court dancer. 静御前（源義経の室）122 views
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Enryaku Period (782-806) 延暦時代：延暦武官行進列122 views
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End of Part 1 with a happy ending.121 views
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Crowd and floats on Shijo-dori street as darkness sets in.121 views
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Procession of Kusunoki Masashige 楠公上洛列121 views
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Kusunoki Masashige 楠木正成121 views
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Kusunoki Masashige 楠木正成121 views
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Sakamoto Tamuramaro 坂上田村麻呂121 views
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The naishi attendant court lady uses a folding fan to signal the respective court noble to take his seat at the court banquet. 内侍121 views
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One of six court dancers called maibito. 舞人120 views
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The procession's highest-ranking official called Chokushi. An Imperial Messenger. 勅使120 views
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Tenjin-yama 天神山120 views
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Nakaoka Shintaro 中岡慎太郎120 views
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Ox cart 牛車120 views
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Lord Natsuka Masaie is the fifth commssioner in Hideyoshi's administration. (長束 正家)120 views
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Jonan Yabusame archers. 城南流鏑馬列120 views
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Court ladies called uneme. Their kimono have a blue wave design. 釆女119 views
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On the way out, knock on this wall for prosperity.119 views
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Takasugi Shinsaku 高杉晋作119 views
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Court noble Konoe Tadahiro has a long train. 近衛忠熈119 views
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Anenokoji Kintomo 姉小路公知119 views
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The Azuchi-Momoyama Period (1568-1600) is represented by the Toyotomi Hideyoshi procession. 安土桃山時代：豊公参朝列119 views
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Disciple of Izumo-no-Kami 弟子119 views
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Lord Asano Nagamasa 浅野長政119 views
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Hosokawa-shi 細川氏119 views
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Katsura-me women. The white cloth wrapped around their head was their trademark. 桂女119 views
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Nikkamon Gate (日華門) and Giyoden Hall (宜陽殿) on the right.119 views
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We finally get to see the Shishinden Hall, Kyoto Imperial Palace's focal point and main building. In the southeast corner was a mannequin display.119 views
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The Kogosho faced this garden called Oike-niwa. 御池庭119 views
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At the end of the route, the last floats arrive here by 1:20 pm or so. So if you want to see the float procession, be in Kyoto by 1 pm and go to the end of the route.118 views
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Yoshikawa118 views
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殿士118 views
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Shogun's deputy 城使118 views
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Procession of Edo Period Ladies (1600-1868). A whole slew of photogenic women. 江戸時代婦人列118 views
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Disciple of Izumo-no-Kami 弟子118 views
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Nikaido-shi 二階堂氏118 views
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Tokiwa-gozen's son118 views
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Procession of Enryaku Period Court Warriors 延暦武官行進列118 views
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The Ogakumonjo had a display of palace guards and official attendants.118 views
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Lotus in a pot at Manpukuji temple.118 views
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Finale: "Hana Utage" (Flower Banquet) 花うたげ117 views
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Nishiki no Mihata are Imperial Army banners. 錦の御旗117 views
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Meiji Restoration Patriots 維新志士列117 views
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Ohara-me women are from Ohara in northern Kyoto (Rakuhoku). They traveled to Kyoto city to sell firewood and charcoal carried on their heads. 大原女117 views
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Child 童117 views
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This procession provides music and dance prior to the palanquins.117 views
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After Emperor Meiji moved to Tokyo in 1869, the town of court nobles around the old Kyoto Imperial Palace deteriorated. When Emperor Meiji saw this sorry state when visiting Kyoto in 1877, he ordered ordered this area to be reconstructed.117 views
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Jomeimon Gate is directly aligned with Kenreimon Gate. Of the three doors, the center door was used only by the emperor. Looks pretty new. 承明門117 views
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My video of the Gion Matsuri Saki Matsuri procession on July 17.117 views
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Yoshikawa116 views
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Yakko were manual laborers employed by the samurai. They carried luggage during trips, etc. 奴116 views
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Shogun's deputy 城使116 views
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The procession includes the Five Commissioners (Go-Bugyō) appointed by Hideyoshi. One of them was Lord Maeda Gen'i. 前田玄以116 views
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Hashiba Hideyoshi (later known as Toyotomi Hideyoshi) was Nobunaga's right-hand man. 羽柴秀吉116 views
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Lord Niwa Nagahide 丹羽長秀116 views
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Lady Shizuka-gozen was the tragic concubine of Minamoto Yoshitsune. 静御前116 views
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Roof of Okurumayose.116 views
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Veranda of Shodaibu-no-Ma. 116 views
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Kenreimon Gate looking from the inside. Opened only for VIP visitors.116 views
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Another major palace building is this Seiryoden, the emperor's residence from the late 8th century to 11th century. This is a reconstruction built in 1790 on a smaller scale, but close to the style of the original building. 清涼殿116 views
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Painting inside the Ogakumonjo.116 views
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Altar inside Goeido Hall, Nishi Hongwanji, Kyoto. 御影堂116 views
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Ashikaga shogun 足利将軍115 views
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Kikusui crest banner 菊水紋旗旗差115 views
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Soldiers carrying various weapons. 兵115 views
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Displayed behind the wedding attire was this Nikai-zushi cabinet.115 views
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Unusual fox115 views
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Ryoanji has too many tourists to make it a place to meditate in Kyoto.115 views
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John Wells' oil painting of Mt. Hiei at dusk as seen from his window at home.115 views
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Side street to Minami Kannon-yama float114 views
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A plastic sheet protects the tapestry from rain (it was a cloudy day)114 views
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Crowd on Shijo-dori street114 views
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Armed Imperial Army soldiers.114 views
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Lord Hashiba Hideyoshi 羽柴秀吉114 views
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Procession of Muromachi customs 室町洛中風俗列114 views
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Dancers 側踊り114 views
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Palace guard114 views
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Gonaitei Garden was the emperor's private garden. 御内庭114 views
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About the paintings in a room of the Otsunegoten.114 views
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The Kogogu Tsunegoten has 13 rooms. The building was constructed at the end of the 16th century.114 views
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Higyosha (also called Fuji-tsubo because of the wisteria in the inner courtyard) was the residence of the court ladies. It has a Heian-kyo style architecture. 飛香舎 藤壺114 views
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"Kyogen Furyu" 狂言風流113 views
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Shijo-dori street and Naginata float. This area was the most crowded.113 views
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Oda Nobunaga 織田信長113 views
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Oda Nobunaga started the unification of Japan. 織田信長113 views
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Samurai Daisho commander. 侍大将113 views
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Katsura-me women are from Katsura in western Kyoto. They went into the city to sell fish and sweets. T 桂女113 views
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About the Shin-Mikuruma-yose in English.113 views
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Imperial exhibits in Giyoden Hall.113 views
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Rooms of the Otsunegoten had painted walls and sliding doors. 御常御殿113 views
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Entering Yasaka Shrine West Romon Gate.113 views
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Motoyasu "Musashi" Matsutani showed scenic photos of Kyoto. These photos were also displayed the week before at a martial arts event in in Los Angeles, CA.113 views
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On the way out, knock on this wall for prosperity.112 views
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Omikuji fortune paper strips.112 views
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Nakayama Tadayasu 中山忠能112 views
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Kusunoko Masasue, younger brother of Masashige. 楠木正季112 views
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The Kogosho had a large Zejo hanging tapestry of a pine tree.112 views
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Zejo hanging tapestry inside the Kogosho.112 views
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About the Otsunegoten in English.112 views
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Rooms inside the Wakamiya/Himemiya Goten. The building had two sections of four rooms each. One section was for child princes (wakamiya) and the other was for child princesses (Himemiya).112 views
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About the hair rope.112 views
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The karuta card players appeared slightly before 1 pm. First the children, all dressed in Heian costume. 112 views
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Kyoto-based John Wells showed large paintings based on photographs. 112 views
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John Wells' large paintings of Mt. Hiei, Ryoanji, and the people on Japanese bills.112 views
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Crowd on one of the main streets111 views
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Minami-Kannon Yama float111 views
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Shijo-dori street toward Naginata float111 views
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