The lottery ceremony, which determines the order of the Yamahoko procession for the 2023 Gion Festival, was held on July 2 at the Kyoto City Hall (Nakagyo Ward). Of the 34 floats, representatives of 24 floats drew the lottery, excluding the floats whose order was decided.

A representative of Yamabushiyama who draws the 'Yamaichiban' of the previous festival at the lottery ceremony and shows the lottery (at 10:38 a.m. on July 2, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City Council Hall)

At the festival before July 17th, the 'Yamaichiban' following the Naginata-hoko in the lead was decided to go to Yamabushi-yama for the first time in seven years. The later festival on July 24th was held on Jyomyo-yama for the second year in a row. The lottery to decide the order of the mountain of the previous festival was drawn by 13 representatives one by one, but the yama(=mountain) number was not drawn until the 12th lot, and the Yamabushi-yama who took the remaining one was the yama number one. It was an unusual turn of events.

A representative of Jyomyo-yama (left) receives the certificate of "Yamaichiban" of the later festival at the lottery ceremony at 11:10 a.m. on July 2, Kyoto City Conference Center, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City.

In the procession of the later festival, until last year, Kita Kannonyama was second and Minami-Kannon-yama was sixth without winning the lottery. The second is Kita-Kannon-yama.

Lottery ceremony to determine the order of the Yamahoko procession of the Gion Festival (July 2, 10:19 a.m., Kyoto City Council Hall, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City)

This year's parade order is as follows☆ means "no lottery"

[July 17th, the previous festival]

(1) ☆ Naginata-hoko (2) Yamabushi-yama (3) Hakurakuten-yama (4) Ashikari-yama (5) ☆ Kanko-hoko (6) Kakkyo-yama (7) Shijo-kasahoko (8) ) Tokusa-yNiwatoriNiwatori-hoko(10) Aburatenjin-yama (11) Moso-yama (12) Araretenjin-yama (13) Kikusui-hoko (14) Hosho-yama (15) Ayagasa-hoko ( 16) Taishi-yama (17) Tsuki-hoko (18) Hakuga-yama (19) Toro-yama (20) Urade-yama (21) ☆ Hoka-hoko (22) ☆ Iwato-yama (23) ☆Fune-hoko

[July 24th, later festival]

(1) ☆ Hashibenkei-yama (2) ☆ Minami-Kannon-yama (3) Jomyō-yama (4) Hachiman-yama (5) Koi-yama (6) ☆ Kita-Kannon-yama (7) Ennogyoja-yama (9) Suzuka-yama (10) ☆ Takayama (11) ☆ Ofune-hoko