Crowds flock to Kyoto for Gion festival

KYOTO, Japan - People crowd around ''hoko'' floats, a kind of ornamental tower, in the streets of Kyoto on July 14 for the annual ''Gion Matsuri'' (festival). The floats will be paraded through Kyoto on July 17.

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