The Gion Festival has two climactic parts to it: the Saki Matsuri (first festival) and the Ato Matsuri (latter festival). Each part culminates in a massive parade of floats called the “Yamahoko ...

The parade’s organizer, the Gion Festival Yamahoko Association, based in Kyoto’s Nakagyo Ward, made the decision on April 20 at a meeting with 34 local float-preservation associations.

But Japan’s biggest summer festival, the month-long Gion Festival, is probably the most famous of them all.

KYOTO -- The Gion Festival, one of the three major festivals in Japan, started in this ancient capital on July 1. At Yasaka Shrine, a ritual was held to pray for the safety of the event by a child ...

A short documentary about the local "Gion" festival in the village of Misakubo. Director Teiichi Hori's second film in a series of documentaries about the Tenryū region, after Besshō Tea Factory.

Core Kyoto zooms in on the Hoka Hoko, one of the festival's 34 floats Fronting the ... owl motif There are few festivals in the world like Gion Matsuri for its scope, grandeur and associated ...

Kyoto's famous festival held in July, the Gion Festival, features yamahoko floats. Lanterns that will decorate places such as the floats are being made. A shop in Kyoto plans to produce about ...

Gion Matsuri was restored to its former glory ... deities' journey from the shrine to their temporary abode during the festival, and another precedes their return. The festival's revival was ...

Kyoto's traditional dance performances, including the geiko dances of Miyako Odori and the dynamic Yosakoi Festival, offer a ...