New Gion Festival drapery unveiled
KYOTO, Japan - A newly completed 'dokake' drapery to decorate one of the 32 floats that feature the traditional Gion Festival in Kyoto is displayed for media review June 28. The silk-made fabric, 1.7 meters high and 2.6 meters wide, is designed to cover the ''Suzukayama'' float. It cost about 10 million yen to make. Festival organizers said a drapery for the ''Suzukayama'' float has been renewed for the first time in about 270 years.
- Product Code
- ILEA000013509
- Registered date
- 2002/6/28 00:00:00
- Credit
- Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
- Media size
- 1989 × 1468 pixel
- Deployment size
- 1.03(MB)*
*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.