2009年10月23日 14:13
時代祭り
Another day in Kyoto enabled me to see next part of the city. This time I cycled to Gion district. I admired Yasaka Shrine and I also spent a lot of time in Maruyama Park as I consider this place as very delightful. Even though there were many tourists and many pupils as well, it was very peaceful and I really enjoyed spending time there. After that I cycled around this district so that I could found that it have a very specific, fascinating atmosphere.
However the most important part of my day was Festival of the Ages which I had the oppoturnity to attend. 時代祭り is held in Kyoto annualny on October 22. I was amazed by this colorful parade. I was able to see differences between eras in Japan. What`s more, performers made it even more interesting because of their behaviour, such as dancing or music playing. I was wondering how might it look but I couldn`t expect that it would be so wonderful. Moreover the scenery made it even more amazing as it started in Kyoto Imperial Palace (which I consider as one of the most beautiful places in Kyoto that I`ve already seen), and the whole way to the Heian Jingu Shrine. Audience was also very important in creating opinion about this event as everyone was really nice. As I expected, there were a lot of people but I saw much more foreigners that I think I would see. Meeting here a foreigner creates always a very nice situation as everyone is always smiling at another foreigner (I never noticed similar behaviuor in any other country I`ve visited). That is the reason (apart from million others) why I love Japan so much!