The "lot-drawing ceremony" to determine the order of the Gion Festival's *Yamaboko* float procession took place on the morning of July 2, 2026, at the Kyoto City Council chamber in Nakagyo Ward. Kakkyo-yama was selected as the "Yama-ichiban" (the first *Yama* float), a position that follows immediately behind the Naginata-boko—the float that always leads the procession during the *Saki-matsuri* (Early Festival) on July 17.