Participants in Heian period dress parade through the grounds of Kyoto Imperial Palace during the Aoi Festival on May 15, 2018 in Kyoto, Japan. Aoi...
Saio-Dai, whose role is now played by an unmarried woman from Kyoto but was traditionally carried out by a sister or daughter of the Emperor to...
Saio-Dai, whose role is now played by an unmarried woman from Kyoto but was traditionally carried out by a sister or daughter of the Emperor to...
Saio-Dai, whose role is now played by an unmarried woman from Kyoto but was traditionally carried out by a sister or daughter of the Emperor to...
Participants in Heian period dress parade through the grounds of Kyoto Imperial Palace during the Aoi Festival on May 15, 2018 in Kyoto, Japan. Aoi...
Participants in Heian period dress parade through the grounds of Kyoto Imperial Palace during the Aoi Festival on May 15, 2018 in Kyoto, Japan. Aoi...
Women in Heian period dress take part in the the Aoi Festival on May 15, 2018 in Kyoto, Japan. Aoi Festival is one of the three main festivals of...
Participants in Heian period dress parade through the grounds of Kyoto Imperial Palace during the Aoi Festival on May 15, 2018 in Kyoto, Japan. Aoi...
Saio-Dai, whose role is now played by an unmarried woman from Kyoto but was traditionally carried out by a sister or daughter of the Emperor to...
Saio-Dai, whose role is now played by an unmarried woman from Kyoto but was traditionally carried out by a sister or daughter of the Emperor to...
Saio-Dai, whose role is now played by an unmarried woman from Kyoto but was traditionally carried out by a sister or daughter of the Emperor to...
Saio-Dai, whose role is now played by an unmarried woman from Kyoto but was traditionally carried out by a sister or daughter of the Emperor to...
Saio-Dai, whose role is now played by an unmarried woman from Kyoto but was traditionally carried out by a sister or daughter of the Emperor to...
People in Heian period dress take part in the the Aoi Festival on May 15, 2018 in Kyoto, Japan. Aoi Festival is one of the three main festivals of...
Participant leads horses into Kamigamo shrine during the Aoi Festival on May 15, 2018 in Kyoto, Japan. Aoi Festival is one of the three main...
Procession during the Aoi Matsuri. The festival is held on 15 May each year and is one of the 3 major festivals of Kyoto. The route begins at the...
Procession during the Aoi Matsuri. The festival is held on 15 May each year and is one of the 3 major festivals of Kyoto. The route begins at the...
Two men dressed in Heian Period costumes as sit on the ground during the Aoi Festival at Shimogamo Shrine on May 15,2016 in Kyoto, Japan . Aoi...
People dressed in traditional costumes carry Maiko Nagase , sitting in a portable shrine in the procession of the Aoi Festival at the Imperial Palace...
People dressed in traditional costumes walk in the procession of the Aoi Festival at the Imperial Palace on May 15, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Aoi...
Participants in Heian period dress parade through the grounds of Kyoto Imperial Palace during the Aoi Festival on May 15, 2018 in Kyoto, Japan. Aoi...
Participants in Heian period dress pull an ox cart as they parade through the grounds of Kyoto Imperial Palace during the Aoi Festival on May 15,...
Child in Heian period dress takes part in a parade through the grounds of Kyoto Imperial Palace during the Aoi Festival on May 15, 2018 in Kyoto,...
Spectators gather to watch the Aoi Festival on May 15, 2018 in Kyoto, Japan. Aoi Festival is one of the three main festivals of Japan's ancient...
Saio-Dai, whose role is now played by an unmarried woman from Kyoto but was traditionally carried out by a sister or daughter of the Emperor to...
Saio-Dai , whose role is now played by an unmarried woman from Kyoto but was traditionally carried out by a sister or daughter of the Emperor to...
Saio-Dai , whose role is now played by an unmarried woman from Kyoto but was traditionally carried out by a sister or daughter of the Emperor to...
Woman rides a horse in Heian period dress during the Aoi Festival on May 15, 2018 in Kyoto, Japan. Aoi Festival is one of the three main festivals of...
Saio-Dai , whose role is now played by an unmarried woman from Kyoto but was traditionally carried out by a sister or daughter of the Emperor to...
Saio-Dai , whose role is now played by an unmarried woman from Kyoto but was traditionally carried out by a sister or daughter of the Emperor to...
Women in Heian period dress take part in the the Aoi Festival on May 15, 2018 in Kyoto, Japan. Aoi Festival is one of the three main festivals of...
Man in Heian period dress takes part in the the Aoi Festival on May 15, 2018 in Kyoto, Japan. Aoi Festival is one of the three main festivals of...
People in Heian period dress take part in the the Aoi Festival on May 15, 2018 in Kyoto, Japan. Aoi Festival is one of the three main festivals of...
People in Heian period dress take part in the the Aoi Festival on May 15, 2018 in Kyoto, Japan. Aoi Festival is one of the three main festivals of...
People in Heian period dress take part in the the Aoi Festival on May 15, 2018 in Kyoto, Japan. Aoi Festival is one of the three main festivals of...
People in Heian period dress take part in the the Aoi Festival on May 15, 2018 in Kyoto, Japan. Aoi Festival is one of the three main festivals of...
Participant waits in the grounds of Kamigamo shrine during the Aoi Festival on May 15, 2018 in Kyoto, Japan. Aoi Festival is one of the three main...
Women in Heian period dress take part in the the Aoi Festival on May 15, 2018 in Kyoto, Japan. Aoi Festival is one of the three main festivals of...
Woman in Heian period dress takes part in the the Aoi Festival on May 15, 2018 in Kyoto, Japan. Aoi Festival is one of the three main festivals of...
Participant rides a horse towards Kamigamo shrine during the Aoi Festival on May 15, 2018 in Kyoto, Japan. Aoi Festival is one of the three main...
Float carrying Shiho Sakashita, a 23-year-old office worker playing the role of the "Saio-dai" imperial princess in the annual Aoi festival in Kyoto,...
Shiho Sakashita , a 23-year-old office worker playing the role of the "Saio-dai" imperial princess in the annual Aoi festival in Kyoto, heads to a...
Float carrying Shiho Sakashita, a 23-year-old office worker playing the role of the "Saio-dai" imperial princess in the annual Aoi festival in Kyoto,...
Shiho Sakashita , a 23-year-old office worker, clad in a 12-layer traditional Japanese kimono, in a float for a parade in the annual Aoi Matsuri, one...
Shiho Sakashita , a 23-year-old office worker, clad in a 12-layer traditional Japanese kimono, aboard a float for a parade in the annual Aoi Matsuri,...
People in ancient Japanese court-style attire parade in the annual Aoi Matsuri, one of the three main festivals of Kyoto, on May 15, 2018. ==Kyodo
People in ancient Japanese court-style attire parade in the annual Aoi Matsuri, one of the three main festivals of Kyoto, on May 15, 2018. ==Kyodo
Shiho Sakashita, the Saiodai for this year's Aoi Festival, attends the 'Misogi no Gi' purification ceremony at Kamigamo Jinja Shrine on May 4, 2018...
Shiho Sakashita, the Saiodai for this year's Aoi Festival, attends the 'Misogi no Gi' purification ceremony at Kamigamo Jinja Shrine on May 4, 2018...
Shiho Sakashita, the Saiodai for this year's Aoi Festival, attends the 'Misogi no Gi' purification ceremony at Kamigamo Jinja Shrine on May 4, 2018...
Shiho Sakashita, the Saiodai for this year's Aoi Festival, attends the 'Misogi no Gi' purification ceremony at Kamigamo Jinja Shrine on May 4, 2018...
Shiho Sakashita, the Saiodai for this year's Aoi Festival, attends the 'Misogi no Gi' purification ceremony at Kamigamo Jinja Shrine on May 4, 2018...
Shiho Sakashita, the Saiodai for this year's Aoi Festival, attends the 'Misogi no Gi' purification ceremony at Kamigamo Jinja Shrine on May 4, 2018...
Shiho Sakashita, the Saiodai for this year's Aoi Festival, dips her fingers into the Mitarashigawa river that flows through Kamigamo Jinja Shrine on...
Shiho Sakashita, the Saiodai for this year's Aoi Festival, dips her fingers into the Mitarashigawa river that flows through Kamigamo Jinja Shrine on...
Shiho Sakashita , an office worker in Kyoto clad in a 12-layer traditional Japanese kimono, purifies herself at Kamigamo Jinja, a Shinto shrine in...
Shiho Sakashita , an office worker in Kyoto clad in a 12-layer traditional Japanese kimono, purifies herself at Kamigamo Jinja, a Shinto shrine in...
Shiho Sakashita , an office worker in Kyoto clad in a 12-layer traditional Japanese kimono, purifies herself at Kamigamo Jinja, a Shinto shrine in...
Shiho Sakashita , clad in a 12-layer traditional Japanese kimono, arrives at Kamigamo Jinja, a Shinto shrine in Kyoto, for a ritual on May 4 prior to...
