Gion Festival Blogs
Gion Festival 2022: Green Light! Taka Yama Restoration a Highlight
Kyoto’s Gion Festival 2022 returns in July! The Gion Festival Floats Association has named that it would like the festival to happen “in as close to its usual form as possible.” But there will of course be safety measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. So...
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Gion Festival 2021: Small in Size, Big in Heart
The Yasaka Jinja is usually buzzing with visitors during the Gion Festival, but not in 2021. Image courtesy Jorie Johnson. No doubt the Gion Festival community and Kyoto authorities felt heartbroken to scale back the Gion Festival 2021 due to covid. Of course, this...
Gion Festival 2021, Covid Update: Subdued, Dedicated, Quiet!
Gion Festival 2021 update: 18 Yamaboko Floats to be Built and Decorated, Preserving Traditions
Though the Gion Festival floats processions have been canceled in 2021 for the second year in a row due to covid, Gion Festival Yamaboko Floats Association officials and Yasaka Shrine representatives announced that 18 floats would be constructed and decorated this...
Gion Festival 2021 Cancelled? No, But Smaller Scale
KYOTO––The 2021 Gion Festival will again be held on a much smaller scale than usual, same as 2020. Once more this is due to the covid virus and concerns about it spreading in public gatherings. The highlights of the annual festival are the processions of the gigantic...
Gion Festival 2021 Prospects
Kyoto's famous Gion Matsuri likely scaled down in 2021 Will there be a Gion Festival 2021? Gion Festival 2020 did take place, but because of coronavirus concerns it was held in a much smaller way than usual. In 2020, none of the Gion Festival’s famous 34 yamaboko...
Gion Festival 2020 cancelled
Won't happen in Gion Matsuri 2020: Usually thousands of men carry the portable miyoshi shrines shoulder to shoulder during the shinkōsai procession on July 17. A major portion of the Gion Festival 2020 is canceled. On April 20 the Gion Festival Floats Association and...
