Visiting Gion Matsuri 2024, Part 1

So you’re interested in visiting Kyoto’s Gion Matsuri 2024? Wonderful idea! Read on to ensure you have an enjoyable experience you’ll never forget.
You probably already know that the Gion Festival is Kyoto’s biggest festival, and one of Japan’s most famous. It’s a gigantic, month-long collection of countless purification rituals. These rituals are mostly Shinto, Japan’s indigenous, animistic spiritual tradition.