Gion Festival 2022 was a milestone in its history: it marked the first time the festival resumed after being scaled back due to a pandemic. Remember, averting epidemics was the festival’s original purpose. So Gion Matsuri 2022 marked a kind
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