Japan’s Most Famous Festival: Kyoto’s Gion Festival
The spectacular Ato Matsuri floats procession, an iconic part of the Gion Festival. Dating to 869 C.E., Kyoto’s Gion Matsuri shines as a beacon of more than a thousand years of Kyoto and Japanese culture. Learn here about the extraordinary historical and cultural gifts it shares over the entire month of July, making it arguably Japan’s most famous festival.