By KENSAKU NISHIDA/ Staff Writer
May 16, 2023 at 18:40 JST
Saio-dai, the heroine of the Aoi Festival, is carried on a float as the parade starts from the former imperial palace in Kyoto’s Kamigyo Ward on May 16. (Yoshiaki Arai)
KYOTO--About 500 people in colorful period costumes took to the streets here on May 16 as part of an iconic parade that returned to the city’s centuries-old Aoi Festival for the first time in four years. [Read More]
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