Ōfune Boko is one of the shining stars of the Gion Festival, and the only hoko in the ato matsuri. In 2014, Ōfune Boko and the ato matsuri were reintroduced together, a joyful time for Gion Festival fans.
Ōfune Boko was destroyed in the great fire of 1864, and only some of its treasures survived. To reconstruct such a large float, of such complex shape, under Japan’s current economic conditions seemed an incredible undertaking. It’s to the chōnai‘s enormous credit that they were able to bring it all together within a decade.
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