Gion Festival fans await the reintroduction of the Taka Yama float in the Ato Matsuri (the second half of the Gion Festival, July 18-24) this year, after an absence of almost 200 years.
During the 1826 Ato Matsuri, a terrible storm damaged all of Taka Yama’s decorations, beyond repair. So the community took a break from participating in the float procession until its treasures could be replaced. But before that could happen, nearly 40 years later, Taka Yama’s timber frame burned in Kyoto’s Great Genji Fire of 1864.
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