Japan’s former capital Kyoto plays host to numerous well-known ... But Japan’s biggest summer festival, the month-long Gion Festival, is probably the most famous of them all.

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.

This time we introduce "Core Kyoto Special: Behind the Scenes of Gion Matsuri," which shows the eagerness of foreign volunteers who support the Matsuri among Japanese people including Kyoto locals.

The parade’s organizer, the Gion Festival Yamahoko Association, based in Kyoto’s Nakagyo Ward ... This year, 23 floats will parade in the Saki Matsuri (the first climactic part of the festival ...

KYOTO--Under the blaze of the scorching ... 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 ...

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The Gion Matsuri is one of the most prestigious annual ... ornate floats that paraded across the city of Kyoto over two separate days. Using GPS, it showed the location of each float.

KYOTO -- The Jidai Matsuri, one of the three major festivals in the ancient Japanese capital and a colorful autumn event, was held on Oct. 22. Some 2,000 people dressed in costumes from eras ...