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'Saio-dai' festival queen holds ritual ceremony at Kyoto's Kamogamo Shrine

KYOTO, Japan - The 12-layered ceremonial kimono-clad Risako Ota, chosen as the "Saio-dai," reigning festival queen, for 2014, dips her hands into a river at Kamigamo Jinja, a World Heritage shrine in Kyoto, western Japan, in a purification ritual on May 4, 2014. It is one of the pre-events leading up to the May 15 Aoi (hollyhock) Festival, one of the three major festivals in Kyoto.

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New costumes ready for Aoi Festival in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Newly-made costumes to be worn during the Aoi (hollyhock) Festival opening May 15 in Kyoto are put on view for the press at the Imperial Palace in Kyoto on April 30. The festival features Imperial processions to Kamikamo and Shimokamo Shrines made in feudal times as a sign of homage.

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Costa Rica plays against Mito Hollyhock

NAKA, Japan - Costa Rica striker Rolando Fonseca shoots at goal during a friendly match with J-League division two club Mito Hollyhock in the town of Naka, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 24. Costa Rica won 1-0.

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J-League football

Brazilian striker Lukian (11) is congratulated by his teammates after scoring Jubilo Iwata's third goal against Mito Hollyhock during the second half of a J-League second-division football match in the Ibaraki Prefecture city of Mito, eastern Japan, on Nov. 14, 2021.

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J-League football

Brazilian striker Lukian (L) scores Jubilo Iwata's third goal against Mito Hollyhock during the second half of a J-League second-division football match in the Ibaraki Prefecture city of Mito, eastern Japan, on Nov. 14, 2021.

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New costumes ready for Aoi Festival in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Newly-made costumes to be worn during the Aoi (hollyhock) Festival opening May 15 in Kyoto are put on view for the press at the Imperial Palace in Kyoto on April 30. The festival features Imperial processions to Kamikamo and Shimokamo Shrines made in feudal times as a sign of homage. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo snapshot: Tomb of feudal ruler Tokugawa Yoshinobu

Visitors observe the tomb of Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the 15th and last ruler of Japan's feudal Tokugawa shogunate, at the Yanaka Cemetery in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2015. The "aoi" emblem of three hollyhock leaves inside a circle -- the Tokugawa clan's family crest -- is featured on the gate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Costa Rica plays against Mito Hollyhock

NAKA, Japan - Costa Rica striker Rolando Fonseca shoots at goal during a friendly match with J-League division two club Mito Hollyhock in the town of Naka, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 24. Costa Rica won 1-0.

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The Chokugaku-mon Gate seen from the middle gate to the tomb of Yusho-in,Zojoji Temple,Shiba Tokyo

This photograph of the front corridor was taken from a location closer to the Hall of Worship than #4163. The floor on the corridors to the right, left and front are paved in shihansekijiki (square stone) style. There are no walls between the columns. Beautiful decorations in addition to the hollyhock, the Tokugawa family crest, are visible on the tie beams.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number93‐4‐0]

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Shiba Zojoji Temple

The main hall of Zojoji, built in 1605 after the relocation of the temple to Shiba from its original location at Edo Kaizuka (present-day Kioi-machi, Kanda Ward) in 1598. The temple was under the protection of the shogunate because it was the main temple of the Jodo sect of Buddhism in the Kanto area. Thus, the roof beam is embellished with the five gold hollyhock crests of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The building was destroyed by arson in December 1873. Although rebuilt in 1890, it burnt down again as a result of a bonfire lit by a homeless man in 1909. Although reconstructed in 1922, it was destroyed for a third time by American air raids in 1945. The present main hall was built in 1974.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number78‐27‐0]