Woman wearing aoi dai dress, Nghia An Hoi Quan Pagoda, Cholon, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Blue Pond (Aoi Ike), Daisetsuzan National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hokkaido, Japan, Asia

Blue Pond (Aoi Ike), Daisetsuzan National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hokkaido, Japan, Asia

Aoi Pond, Aomori, Japan

Saio dai, central character of the Aoi Matsuri, Aoi Festival, wearing a traditional headdress and valuable Kimono, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Aoi Festival, procession from Shimogamo Shrine to Kamigamo Shrine, sunshade bearer with a court lady of Saio dai wearing traditional costumes from the Heian period, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Aoi festival, procession from the Imperial Palace to the Shimogamo Shrine, court lady of the Saio dai in traditional costume from the Heian period, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Saio dai, main character of the Aoi Festival, with extremely expensive Kimono, going to a Shinto ceremony in the Kamigamo Shrine, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Women and priests in kimonos of the Heian period during a Shinto prayer, Aoi Festival, in the Kamigamo Shrine in Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Musicians at the Aoi Festival holding a Sho wooden mouth organ in the Kamigamo Shrine in Kyoto, Japan, Asia