Gion Festival

"Yoiyama"

The Gion Festival or Gion Matsuri is a festival held every year in Kyoto in July. The festival is held at Yasaka Shrine.

Gion Festival Media

The parade held in Kyoto in the 1920s
Traditional wooden floats in Gion Matsuri 2014
Niwatoriboko float, one of the first to begin the parade. Festival-goers take turns getting on the float through a side building.
Niwatoriboko float at night
Festival street with food and craft vendors
Ayagasaboko float marchers
A yamaboko float (2013)
- description:Police presence at the festival marks a change from the old festivals to those of the present. * * photographer: Chris Gladis * photographer location:Kyoto, Japan * flickr_url: [1]*Note, the policeman on the left is not holding a light-saber, it is a police baton warning stick, as discussed on the reference desk
Gion Matsuri
Gion Matsuri