Day 4 - The Aoi Matsuri Festival
The Aoi Matsuri Festival is one of Kyoto‘s most famous festivals and takes place every May 15th. The festival’s main attraction is a large parade in Kyoto, in which over 500 people dressed in the aristocratic style of the Heian Period (794-1185) walk from theImperial Palace to the Kamo Shrines.
A special memory from my trip is that I had the privilege to visit the festival with a middle-aged Japanese man who stayed at the guest house as well.Just nice to share stories, giving brief backgrounds about our lives, and the happenings around where we were at that moment. It was one of those irreplaceable moments of simple joy where you connect with a stranger even for just a short while.