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Ennogyōja Yama 役行者山 – The Founder of Shugendō

Mōsō Yama 孟宗山 – Confucian teachings on family

The Float of Courageous Love

Jōmyō Yama 浄妙山:  Honoring Courage in Battle

Fune Boko 船鉾 – The Ship Float

The Gion Festival’s Saki Matsuri – The “Early Festival”

Suzuka Yama 鈴鹿山: The Demon – Pacifying Goddess

Festival Reformation: Two processions restored!

The Koi (“Carp”)

Gion Festival 2021 Cancelled? No, But Smaller Scale

Kyoto’s 1100-Year-Old Gion Festival

Brief History of the Gion Festival