KYOTANBA, Kyoto Prefecture—The nearly completed Taka-yama float was taken for a test-pull in preparation for its first appearance in the annual Gion Festival in about 200 years. Maneuvering the ...

KYOTO--City authorities gave the green light July 10 to begin work on constructing massive, decorative floats for the annual Gion Festival--even ... Floats, some called “yama” and others ...

Gion Matsuri was restored ... and another precedes their return. The festival's revival was led by the resurrection of the Ofune Hoko float after 150 years. Now the Taka Yama float, absent for ...

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 ...

will ride on the Naginatahoko float leading the yamahoko procession, one of the climaxes of the monthlong Gion Festival. He will cut a sacred straw rope with a sword to commence the procession.