Gion Matsuri, Kyoto: a thousand-year-old tradition and the most famous matsuri ... for a good harvest Every year from 3 to 6 August, the town of Akita in northern Japan hosts the Kanto Matsuri ...

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.

Gion Matsuri was restored to its former glory in ... Discover the pride and passion of locals in bringing back old traditions.

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 largest festivals, returned to its normal form ...