KYOTO--For the first time in three years, the grand spectacle of the massive parade of floats called "Yamahoko Junko" will be seen passing through the downtown streets here in the annual Gion ...

Welcome, but please have manners There is a fine of 10,000 yen or roughly 100 dollars for taking photos on private Gion streets Signs banning photos were set up in some private alleys on October ...