The annual summer "Shimogamo Summer Secondhand Book Festival" began on August 11, 2024, at the "Tadasu Forest" of Shimogamo Shrine, a World Heritage Site in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City. Visitors were eagerly searching for the books they were looking for while cooling off in the shade of the trees.
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