Kyoto’s Gion Festival is a marvel every time, but Gion Matsuri 2023 was especially celebratory. July 2023 saw the first normal Gion Matsuri since covid led to the ancient festival being trimmed down to its most essential elements in 2020 and 2021.
The Gion Matsuri is completely dependent on the remarkable community that holds it each year, almost entirely volunteers. Historically, the traditions are also conveyed from one person to another, by doing it together. So it’s important that the community is connecting in person again, to share the traditions, and grow.
Doing this without covid masks was of course a wonderful feeling!
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