It's hard to take a bad picture in the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove. The segmented green stalks grow as tall as 100 feet, and in the warmer months, their upper reaches burst with verdant leaves.

KYOTO--A ceremonial event to mark the New Year featured women in gorgeous Heian Period (794-1185 ... card-snatching game at Yasakajinja shrine here. While the first half of a Hyakunin-isshu ...

KYOTO--A New Year’s ceremonial ... the first time in three years at Yasakajinja shrine here on Jan. 3. Dressed in the traditional costume of the Heian Period (794-1185), eight women took part ...

Regardless of the reason, the court would remain in Heian/Kyoto for more than 1,000 years ... the most important Shinto shrine. Unlike Western traditions, in which religion is exclusive (you can only ...

At the World Heritage site Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto, there was a doll floating ... A man and a woman clad in Heian period costumes became a lord and a lady, the latter in 12-layered kimono.

This outdoor party was revived at Jonangu Shrine in 1970. Experts tend the recreated period garden, and poets yearning for a bygone era strive to render the spirit of their Heian forebears.