July 2008

The Gion Matsuri Festival

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The Gion Festival (Gion Matsuri) is one of the three largest local festivals in Kyoto. The other two are the Aoi festival in May, and Jidai festival in October.
The Gion Festival is held as the midsummer celebration of Yasaka Jinja Shrine. The highlight of this celebration takes place on the 17th of July when the parede of 32 floats make there way along the main streets in Kyoto city.

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a clay bell of Gion lantern
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a clay bell of Gion lantern
祇園提灯

The town is decorated with numerous beautiful lanterns.


南観音山

Minami-KannonYama
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a clay bell of Minami-KannonYama
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a dove bell of Hachiman-Yama
八幡山

八幡山


Another clay bells of the Gion Matsuri Festival.
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