A parade of people dressed in costumes representing various Japanese historical periods took place in the ancient capital Kyoto on Friday.
About 70,000 people watched the Jidai Matsuri, which is one of Kyoto's 3 biggest festivals and dates back to 1895.
The procession of about 2,000 people started at the Kyoto Imperial Palace and made its way along a 4.5-kilometer course to the Heian Shrine.
The parade was led by a military band dressed in the style of the Meiji era in the late 19th century. The group was followed by people dressed as popular revolutionaries who helped engineer the Meiji restoration in the closing days of the Edo period, which ended in 1867.
At the end of the parade were people in costumes from the Heian period, which began in the late 8th century, when Kyoto became the nation's capital.
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