Annual "Festival of the Ages" procession held in Kyoto

The "Jidai Matsuri" (Festival of the Ages) parade of people dressed in costumes representing various eras of Kyoto leaves the Kyoto Imperial Palace in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Oct. 22, 2015, in an annual event that began in 1895 to commemorate the 1,100th anniversary of the establishment of the ancient Japanese capital there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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