Autumn Festival

JIDAI-FESTIVAL

What is JIDAI-FESTIVAL?

It is big era picture scroll which dates back from the Meiji Period to the Heian Period and takes place from the Kyoto Imperial Palace to the Heian Shrine. The date of the festival was changed to 22nd October in annual.

What’s origin?

On the March 1895, this time falls on after 1,100 year which the relocation of the capital to Heian. In this month, the Heian Shrine was built as a shrine sacred Kanmu emperor. People thought they are going to celebrate on a large scale this. So they suggested they hold the era procession which represents change of custom. First festival was held on 25th October 1895.

History of the festival

The first festival’s procession is only six. But, it’s procession increased year after year. During the war, it was stopped and end of the war, it revived. Now, it was added the women procession.



Characteristic of the festival

In the festival, people who impersonate colored person of era walk the main road. The Muromati period was joined the procession in 2007. The procession is composed by 20 line, 2000 person and over 70 cows or horses. Total length is about 20km.

Others

People who join the procession practice about file and dressing before few months.

Movie

I like watching movies. I go to the theater about once a month. When I watch movies, I feel happy! Movies help us the story to understand easy.

I’d like to talk about one of my favorite movie. It is “Galileo” which is Japanese movie. It is TV drama in origin. This story’s main character is Yukawa manabu as Masaharu Fukuyama. He is very clever physicist and cool. He is asked a lot of incidents by Kaoru Utsumi as Koh Shibasaki always and he solve the incidents by using chemical thinking.

Now, I want to watch “Akiresu to kame”. It is produced by Kitano Takeshi. He wrote this story and drew the picture in this movie and he plays in it.
This story described the couple’s lives about twenty years. The boy, Machisu, likes drew pictures. One day an artist visited his house, and praised his picture. The artist gave him a red beret. After that day, he dreamed to be an artist and draws pictures every day. One day, his father’s company bankruptcy and his parents killed by selves. So, his life takes a turn for the worse. He became a middle age and he is unsold artist. But His wife cheers up him and keeps his dream together.