KYOTO--A ceremonial event to mark the New Year featured women in gorgeous Heian Period ... according to Japanese mythology. It was held on a Noh stage on shrine grounds as New Year worshippers ...

but the grounds were originally cultivated during the Heian Period (794–1185), a full millennium ago. Kyoto was the capital ...

They traveled approximately 4.5 kilometers to Heian Jingu Shrine in Sakyo Ward in ... according to Kyoto Prefectural Police. (Japanese original by Yuki Ohigashi, Kyoto Bureau) ...

An annual spring Shinto festival has started at a shrine near Lake Biwa in Japan's western prefecture ... The festival dates back to the Heian Era, from the late eighth to the late 12th century.

Even before Japan relaxed its entry restrictions, the Hotel Okura Kyoto Okazaki Bettei opened near Heian Jingu shrine in January. This past summer, the Blossom Kyoto hotel, run by a group company ...

During the Heian period, an imperial court based in the capital of Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto ... the most important Shinto shrine. Unlike Western traditions, in which religion is exclusive (you can only ...