Editing Kyoto (section)

===Festivals===
Kyoto is well known for its traditional festivals which have been held for over 1,000 years and are a major tourist attraction.<ref>Kyoto Visitors Guide (1998). Kyoto Tourist Office, Kyoto City Council.</ref> The first is the [[Aoi Matsuri]] on May 15. Two months later (July) is the [[Gion Matsuri]] known as one of the 3 great festivals of Japan, culminating in a massive parade on July 17. Kyoto marks the [[Bon Festival]] with the [[Gozan no Okuribi]], lighting fires on mountains to guide the spirits home (August 16). The October 22 [[Jidai Matsuri]], Festival of the Ages, celebrates Kyoto's illustrious past.

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File:Minami Kannonyama Gion Matsuri Yoiyama.jpg|[[Gion Matsuri]]
File:Gozanokuribi Daimonji2.jpg|[[Gozan no Okuribi]]
File:Aoi Matsuri.jpg|[[Aoi Matsuri]]
File:20111023 Jidai 0061.jpg|[[Jidai Matsuri]]
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