The Shinko Festival of the Gion Festival was held from the evening of July 17th. Three mikoshi (portable shrines) departed from Yasaka Shrine (Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City), and for the first time in four years, each parishioner's area was arranged, and the courageous shouts of "Whit, whit" echoed from the bearers.

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