On June 2, 2025, the Gion Festival's Naginata Hoko Preservation Society (Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto City) announced that this year's young boy riding on the hoko will be Kubo Kento (8 years old), a third-grader at Doshisha Elementary School (Ukyo Ward, Kyoto City).
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