Haruna Matsui, who served as this year's Aoi Matsuri Festival heroine "Saiodai," is seen on a palanquin departing the Kyoto Imperial Palace in Kyoto's Kamigyo Ward during the "Roto-no-gi" parade ...

Modeled on the imperial palace of the ancient Heiankyō capital, the Heian Jingū shrine in Kyoto’s Sakyō-ku is the focal point of the autumn Jidai Matsuri, one of city’s three major festivals.