Three of us, an English lady, an Australian guy, and myself visited the Jidai Matsuri (Festival of the Ages), which is one of the three major festivals in Kyoto. About 2,000 people, dressed in exquisites costume from the various periods of Kyoto history, participated in the parade. The procession winds down from the Old Imperial Palace to Heian-Jingu. Each era consisted of several hundred people with costume and animals such as horses and cows, as well as flags and floats. They were so beautiful and gorgeous. I like the group of females and children wearing nice clothes called Kimono. Quite a few visitors came from many countries in the world to see this festival in the nice cool weather of autumn after a hot and humid summer. Our purpose to visit Jidai Festival is to take photos and create articles about festivals in Kyoto for the new website of the Global MBA at DBS to introduce various traditional cultures in Kyoto. After about one hour after this parade started, it suddenly started to rain, so we decide to go to a Chinese restaurant for lunch near our school building.
We had to take a quick meal which was called “Chyka-don”. This is rice in a bowl topped with meat and vegetables in a Chinese style. We ordered a quick lunch because we were in a rush for our next appointment. Ordering the same meals for everyone in the group is very Japanese demonstrating the “Group oriented society rather than the individual in Japan ”.
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