Today the Heian-style costume mostly can be seen in the following events: the parade of the Ages (a festival in which the Heian costume is restored), kyokusui no en (a drinking party for Heian period nobles at which cups of sake were floated down a winding stream and participants seated on the bank had to improvise a tanka poem before taking a sip), and some events held by department stores, industrial associations of Japanese clothes, and kimono schools.
現代においては、平安時代に由来する、叉は平安時代を復元した祭りの時代行列、曲水の宴等、デパート、和服の業界団体や着付け教室主催の各種行事、等で見られる場合が多い。