The next festival is slated for May 2025 (exact dates yet to be announced). The Kyoto Gion Matsuri is the annual festival of Yasaka Shrine, with a history going back about 1,100 years. It's ...

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 ...

Gion Matsuri, Kyoto: a thousand-year-old tradition and the most famous matsuri Kyoto's Gion Matsuri, a star among Japanese festivals, takes place in July. Dating back over a thousand years ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Japan is home to amazing cultural events – so plan your trip around these Japanese celebrations in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and ...