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Gion Festival begins in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - The "Osendo no Gi" ritual to pray for the safety and success of Gion Matsuri (Gion Festival) is held at Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto City on July 1, 2014, as the month-long summer festival opened the same day.

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Gion Festival begins in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Masato Hirai (front) takes part in the "Osendo no Gi" ritual to pray for the safety and success of Gion Matsuri (Gion Festival) at Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto City on July 1, 2014, as the month-long summer festival opened the same day. Hirai was selected as "Chigo," the poster boy who rides on the leading "Naginatahoko" float during the "Yamahoko Jungyo" parade in the festival.

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Gion Festival begins in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - The "Osendo no Gi" ritual to pray for a safe and successful Gion Matsuri (Gion Festival) is held at Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto City on July 1, 2014, as the month-long summer festival opened the same day.

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Gion Matsuri festival in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - The Yamahoko-junko parade of decorated floats is held in Kyoto as the monthlong Gion Matsuri summer festival culminated on July 17, 2010.

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Gion Matsuri festival in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - The Yamahoko-junko parade of decorated floats is held in Kyoto as the monthlong Gion Matsuri summer festival culminated on July 17, 2010.

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Gion Matsuri festival in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - The Yamahoko-junko parade of decorated floats is held in Kyoto as the monthlong Gion Matsuri summer festival culminated on July 17, 2010.

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Gion Matsuri festival in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - The Yamahoko-junko parade of decorated floats is held in Kyoto as the monthlong Gion Matsuri summer festival culminated on July 17, 2010.

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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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People crowd Kyoto on eve of Gion festival

KYOTO, Japan - People crowd the streets of Kyoto on July 16 on the eve of the annual ''Gion Matsuri (festival)''. The festival has its origin in 869, when 66 tall ''hoko (spears)'' representing the provinces of Japan were erected and prayers offered to counter an epidemic that had swept the city.

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Gion festival begins in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - People crowd streets in Kyoto to pull a giant float in a traditional ''hikizome'' event July 12, a prelude to the ancient capital's annual ''Gion matsuri'' festival that gets under way on July 17.

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Gion Matsuri reaches high point with Yamaboko

KYOTO, Japan - The Gion Festival, sponsored by Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto, reaches a high point on July 17 with a parade of Yamaboko (mountain spear) floats. The festival dates back to 869, when 66 tall spears were erected in the Imperial Park to fight a nationwide epidemic. The photo shows the Naginataboko (halberd spear) float leading the parade, which starts from the Shijyokarasuma section of the old Japanese capital.

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Japan's sea eel imports peaking

Japan's imports of sea eels or ''hamo'' in Japanese -- a special summer taste in the Kansai (western Japan) area -- are increasing toward the peak time of July's Gion Matsuri festival in Kyoto. The photo shows customs officials at Osaka's Kansai International Airport checking sea eels airlifted from China and South Korea on June 23.

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Yamahoko parade during Gion Festival in Kyoto

Ten huge decorated floats make their way down a street along with the procession of the "Ato Matsuri," or latter half of the Yamahoko parade that is part of Kyoto's traditional Gion Festival, on July 24, 2016. The first half of the parade called "Saki Matsuri" was celebrated on July 17, as the parade has been split into two parts since 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yamahoko parade during Gion Festival in Kyoto

People pull a huge decorated float as they turn it around a corner on a street in Kyoto on July 24, 2016, during the "Ato Matsuri," or latter half of the Yamahoko parade that is part of the city's traditional Gion Festival. The float, called "Ofune-hoko," has been featured in the parade since 2014 when it was revived for the first time in 150 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Young women help pull float before parade at Kyoto summer festa

Young women clad in traditional "yukata" summer kimono join a crowd of people in pulling a float before the start of a parade during the Gion Matsuri festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 12, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gion Matsuri festival in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - The Yamahoko-junko parade of decorated floats is held in Kyoto as the monthlong Gion Matsuri summer festival culminated on July 17, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Gion Matsuri festival in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - The Yamahoko-junko parade of decorated floats is held in Kyoto as the monthlong Gion Matsuri summer festival culminated on July 17, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Gion Matsuri festival in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - The Yamahoko-junko parade of decorated floats is held in Kyoto as the monthlong Gion Matsuri summer festival culminated on July 17, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Gion Matsuri festival in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - The Yamahoko-junko parade of decorated floats is held in Kyoto as the monthlong Gion Matsuri summer festival culminated on July 17, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Gion Festival begins in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - The "Osendo no Gi" ritual to pray for the safety and success of Gion Matsuri (Gion Festival) is held at Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto City on July 1, 2014, as the month-long summer festival opened the same day. (Kyodo)

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Gion Festival begins in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - The "Osendo no Gi" ritual to pray for a safe and successful Gion Matsuri (Gion Festival) is held at Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto City on July 1, 2014, as the month-long summer festival opened the same day. (Kyodo)

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Yamahoko parade during Gion Festival in Kyoto

Decorated Yamahoko floats make their way down a street during the traditional Gion Festival in Kyoto on July 24, 2017. The parade has been split into two parts -- "Saki Matsuri" and "Ato Matsuri" -- since 2014, reviving an old tradition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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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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People crowd Kyoto on eve of Gion festival

KYOTO, Japan - People crowd the streets of Kyoto on July 16 on the eve of the annual ''Gion Matsuri (festival)''. The festival has its origin in 869, when 66 tall ''hoko (spears)'' representing the provinces of Japan were erected and prayers offered to counter an epidemic that had swept the city.

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Gion festival begins in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - People crowd streets in Kyoto to pull a giant float in a traditional ''hikizome'' event July 12, a prelude to the ancient capital's annual ''Gion matsuri'' festival that gets under way on July 17.

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Gion Matsuri reaches high point with Yamaboko

KYOTO, Japan - The Gion Festival, sponsored by Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto, reaches a high point on July 17 with a parade of Yamaboko (mountain spear) floats. The festival dates back to 869, when 66 tall spears were erected in the Imperial Park to fight a nationwide epidemic. The photo shows the Naginataboko (halberd spear) float leading the parade, which starts from the Shijyokarasuma section of the old Japanese capital.

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Gion Matsuri reaches high point with Yamaboko

KYOTO, Japan - The Gion Festival, sponsored by Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto, reaches a high point on July 17 with a parade of Yamaboko (mountain spear) floats. The festival dates back to 869, when 66 tall spears were erected in the Imperial Park to fight a nationwide epidemic. The photo shows the Naginataboko (halberd spear) float leading the parade, which starts from the Shijyokarasuma section of the old Japanese capital.

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Japan's sea eel imports peaking

Japan's imports of sea eels or ''hamo'' in Japanese -- a special summer taste in the Kansai (western Japan) area -- are increasing toward the peak time of July's Gion Matsuri festival in Kyoto. The photo shows customs officials at Osaka's Kansai International Airport checking sea eels airlifted from China and South Korea on June 23.

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Japan's sea eel imports peaking

Japan's imports of sea eels or ''hamo'' in Japanese -- a special summer taste in the Kansai (western Japan) area -- are increasing toward the peak time of July's Gion Matsuri festival in Kyoto. The photo shows customs officials at Osaka's Kansai International Airport checking sea eels airlifted from China and South Korea on June 23.