Gion Festival Blogs
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....
Gion Festival 2021 Prospects
Kyoto's famous Gion Matsuri likely scaled down in 2021 Will there be a Gion Festival 2021? Gion...
Gion Festival 2020 cancelled
Won't happen in Gion Matsuri 2020: Usually thousands of men carry the portable miyoshi shrines...
Gion Festival 2020 ? Unlikely
I'm excited to be in the final stretch of writing my guidebook to the Gion Festival in English. My...
Kyoto’s 1100-Year-Old Gion Festival
An Overview of Japan's Most Famous Festival by Catherine Pawasarat. Shining as the best-known...
The Victorious Return of Ōfune Boko
Ancient Tradition Meets High Tech With an 1100-year history, the Gion Matsuri or Gion Festival is...
Festival Reformation: Two processions restored!
Rapidly changing times notwithstanding, in an 1100+-year event like the Gion Festival,...