Kyoto 4K - 葵祭2024年 @ 京都御所 Aoi Matsuri 2024 Full Parade at Kyoto Gyoen

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Entire Aoi Matsuri procession shot from the Southwest corner of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, at the start point of the procession. Shot on an iPhone 15 Pro Max in 4K at 60fps

The procession of Aoi Matsuri, one of the three main annual festivals of Kyoto, will be held this year on May 15 (Wed). The procession in elegant attire from the Heian period (794-1185) will parade through Kyoto. The festival is also famous for being depicted in the eleventh-century literary masterpiece the Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu and is considered the oldest novel in the world.


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The Kyōto Imperial Palace (京都御所, Kyōto-gosho) is the former palace of the Emperor of Japan, located in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Since the Meiji Restoration in 1869, the Emperors have resided at the Tokyo Imperial Palace, while the preservation of the Kyoto Imperial Palace was ordered in 1877. Today, the grounds are open to the public, and the Imperial Household Agency hosts public tours of the buildings several times a day.

The Kyoto Imperial Palace is the latest of the imperial palaces built at or near its site in the northeastern part of the old capital of Heian-kyō (now known as Kyoto) after the abandonment of the larger original Heian Palace that was located to the west of the current palace during the Heian period. The Palace lost much of its function at the time of the Meiji Restoration, when the capital functions were moved to Tokyo in 1869. However, Emperor Taishō and Shōwa still had their enthronement ceremonies at the palace.

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