https://www.alojapan.com/1247655/aoi-festival-heroine-to-be-played-by-music-grad-student/ Aoi Festival heroine to be played by music grad student #AsahiShimbun #culture #Japan #Kyoto #KyotoNews #news #People #京都 #京都府 KYOTO—A graduate student at the Tokyo University of the Arts has been selected to play the heroine of this year’s Aoi Festival, one of the three major festivals of Kyoto, held on May 15 annually. The festival procession preservation committee announced on April 14 that Aya Yamauchi, 25, from Kyoto, will serve as the…