The second float procession of the Gion Festival, called "Ato Matsuri," began in the center of Kyoto City on July 24 after a three-year hiatus. The Taka Yama float, the tenth of eleven floats, made a full return to the procession for the first time in 196 years.
Articles are excerpts from reports and news in the Kyoto Shimbun. Translated by Mie Hiuzon, Psyche et l’Amour, Inc.
