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Heian Jingu

The is a Shinto shrine located in Kyoto, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
. The torii

Torii

A is a traditional Japanese gate commonly found at the entry to a Jinja , although it can be found at Buddhism in Japan temples as well.The basic structure of a torii is two columns called that are topped with a horizontal rail called the kasagi....
before the main gate is one of the largest in Japan, and the main building, or shaden, is designed to imitate the Kyoto Imperial Palace on a three-fourth scale.

The Heian Jingu was built in 1895 for the 1,100th anniversary of the establishment of Heiankyo (the old name of Kyoto).

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The is a Shinto shrine located in Kyoto, Japan

Japan

Torii

Emperor Kammu

was the 50th Emperor of Japan of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 781 through 806....
and Emperor Komei

Emperor Komei

was the 121st Emperor of Japan of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned from March 10, 1846 to January 30, 1867....
. The former moved the capital to Heiankyo, and the latter was the last before Emperor Meiji, who moved the capital to Tokyo

Tokyo

, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
.

The Heian Jingu hosts the Jidai Matsuri

Jidai Matsuri

The is a traditional Japanese festival held on October 22 annually in Kyoto, Japan. It is one of Kyoto's renowned three great festivals, with the other two being the Aoi Matsuri, held annually on May 15, and the Gion Matsuri, which is held annually from 17 to July 24....
, one of the three most important festival

Festival

A festival is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on some unique aspect of that community.Among many religions, a feast or festival is a set of celebrations in honour of God or Polytheism....
s of Kyoto. The procession of this festival begins at the old Imperial palace, and includes carrying the mikoshi

Mikoshi

A is a portable Shinto shrine. Shinto followers believe that it serves as the vehicle of a divine spirit in Japan at the time of a parade of deities....
(portable shrines) of Emperors Kanmu and Komei to the Heian Jingu.

Heian Jingu

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