Once Japan’s Imperial capital, the city has been a spiritual and cultural epicentre for more than a thousand years. That ...

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The ban covers just several blocks of Gion. The district’s public streets will remain open to tourists, so the area and the rest of Kyoto will still be teeming with visitors, both from Japan and ...

Audiences were treated to a final rehearsal for the annual month-long "Miyako Odori" dance performance by geisha and "maiko" ...

The Kyoto Gion Matsuri is the annual festival of Yasaka Shrine, with a history going back about 1,100 years. It's considered one of the top three festivals in Japan, along with Tokyo’s Kanda ...

The Japan Tourism Agency will subsidize 139 travel packages that offer foreign tourists “special experiences,” including pulling floats in Kyoto’s Gion Festival and being the lord of an ...

Gion Matsuri Floats: The Pride of Generations Revived Gion Matsuri was restored to its former glory in 2014, almost 50 years after its two processions were merged into one. Again one parade ...

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