Core Kyoto narrator Gary Tegler gets a close-up look at the Gion Matsuri, which began over 1,000 years ago, as he unravels the mystery of the decorations and meets the foreign volunteers.

Gion Matsuri was restored to its former glory in 2014, almost 50 years after its two processions were merged into one. Again one parade precedes the deities' journey from the shrine to their ...

The Gion Matsuri is one of the most prestigious annual festivals in Japan Believed to have started in 869AD, the Gion Matsuri is one of the most famous annual festivals in Japan. This year it ...

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

Gion Matsuri in Kyoto is one of the grandest festivals in Japan, taking place during the whole month of July. The festival ...

The Gion Festival Yamahoko Association expects that more than 1 million spectators will come during the Saki Matsuri, the Ato Matsuri and the Yoiyama (festival eve) period. “I’m looking ...

Eleven floats will participate in Yamahoko Junko of the Ato Matsuri (the latter climactic part) on July 24. The Gion Festival, one of Japan’s three largest festivals, returned to its normal form ...