 The below is the explanation of the procession routes of the Saiō after the capital was moved to Heian-kyō in 794.The procession began in what is today the Arashiyama district on the west side of Kyoto.In the Heian period, successive imperial princesses stayed in the Nonomiya Shrine for a year or more to purify themselves before becoming representatives of the imperial family at the Ise Shrine.