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Gion Festival in Kyoto

Decorated "yamahoko" floats parade down a street during the annual Gion festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 24, 2025.

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Gion Festival in Kyoto

Decorated "yamahoko" floats parade down a street during the annual Gion festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 24, 2025.

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Gion Festival in Kyoto

Decorated "yamahoko" floats parade down a street during the annual Gion festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 24, 2025.

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Gion Festival in Kyoto

A decorated "yamahoko" float is pulled around for a "tsuji-mawashi" corner turn during the annual Gion festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 24, 2025.

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Gion Festival in Kyoto

Decorated "yamahoko" floats parade down a street during the annual Gion festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 24, 2025.

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Gion Festival in Kyoto

Decorated "yamahoko" floats parade down a street during the annual Gion festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 24, 2025.

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Gion Festival in Kyoto

Decorated "yamahoko" floats parade down a street during the annual Gion festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 24, 2025.

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"Yamahoko" parade in Kyoto's Gion Festival

KYOTO, Japan, July 17 Kyodo - A parade of decorated "yamahoko" floats takes place on a street during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 17, 2025. The parade of 23 floats is inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list. (Kyodo)

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"Yamahoko" parade in Kyoto's Gion Festival

A parade of decorated "yamahoko" floats takes place on a street during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 17, 2025. The parade of 23 floats is inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

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"Yamahoko" parade in Kyoto's Gion Festival

A decorated "yamahoko" float is pulled around for a "tsuji-mawashi" corner turn during a parade of 23 floats, a highlight of the Gion Festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 17, 2025. The parade is inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

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"Yamahoko" parade in Kyoto's Gion Festival

A parade of decorated "yamahoko" floats takes place on a street during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 17, 2025. The parade of 23 floats is inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

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"Yamahoko" parade in Kyoto's Gion Festival

Decorated "yamahoko" floats parade down a street during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 17, 2025. The parade of 23 floats is inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

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"Yamahoko" parade in Kyoto's Gion Festival

A parade of decorated "yamahoko" floats takes place on a street during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 17, 2025. The parade of 23 floats is inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

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Yamahoko parade at Kyoto's Gion Festival

KYOTO, Japan, July 24 Kyodo - Participants pull a decorated float through a street during the Yamahoko parade, a highlight of the traditional Gion Festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 24, 2024. (Kyodo)

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"Yamahoko" parade in Kyoto's Gion Festival

KYOTO, Japan, July 17 Kyodo - A decorated "yamahoko" float is pulled around a corner during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 17, 2024. The parade of 23 floats is inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list. (Kyodo)

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Yamahoko parade at Kyoto's Gion Festival

A decorated float is pictured turning a corner during the Yamahoko parade, a highlight of the traditional Gion Festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 24, 2024.

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Yamahoko parade at Kyoto's Gion Festival

Participants pull a decorated float through a street during the Yamahoko parade, a highlight of the traditional Gion Festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 24, 2024.

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Yamahoko parade at Kyoto's Gion Festival

Participants pull a decorated float through a street during the Yamahoko parade, a highlight of the traditional Gion Festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 24, 2024.

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Yamahoko parade at Kyoto's Gion Festival

Participants pull a decorated float through a street during the Yamahoko parade, a highlight of the traditional Gion Festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 24, 2024.

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"Yamahoko" parade in Kyoto's Gion Festival

Decorated "yamahoko" floats parade down a street during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 17, 2024. The parade of 23 floats is inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

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"Yamahoko" parade in Kyoto's Gion Festival

Decorated "yamahoko" floats parade down a street during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 17, 2024. The parade of 23 floats is inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

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"Yamahoko" parade in Kyoto's Gion Festival

A decorated "yamahoko" float is pulled around a corner during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 17, 2024. The parade of 23 floats is inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

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"Yamahoko" parade in Kyoto's Gion Festival

A decorated "yamahoko" float is pulled around a corner during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 17, 2024. The parade of 23 floats is inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

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"Yamahoko" parade in Kyoto's Gion Festival

Decorated "yamahoko" floats parade down a street during the Gion Festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 17, 2024. The parade of 23 floats is inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

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Yamahoko parade at Kyoto's Gion Festival

Spectators hold up cameras and smartphones as a richly decorated float does a "tsuji-mawashi" corner turn during the Yamahoko parade, a highlight of the traditional Gion Festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 24, 2023.

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Yamahoko parade at Kyoto's Gion Festival

Spectators hold up cameras and smartphones as a richly decorated float does a "tsuji-mawashi" corner turn during the Yamahoko parade, a highlight of the traditional Gion Festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 24, 2023.

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Yamahoko parade at Kyoto's Gion Festival

Participants pull a decorated float through a street during the Yamahoko parade, a highlight of the traditional Gion Festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 24, 2023.

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Yamahoko parade at Kyoto's Gion Festival

Decorated floats are paraded on a street during the Yamahoko Junko procession, a highlight of the traditional Gion Festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 24, 2023.

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Yamahoko parade at Kyoto's Gion Festival

Decorated floats are paraded on a street during the Yamahoko Junko procession, a highlight of the traditional Gion Festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 24, 2023.

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Yamahoko parade at Kyoto's Gion Festival

A richly decorated float is pictured turning a corner during the Yamahoko parade, a highlight of the traditional Gion Festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 24, 2023.

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"Yamahoko" parade at Gion Festival in Kyoto

A procession of decorated "yamahoko" floats parade during the traditional Gion Festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 17, 2023.

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"Yamahoko" parade at Gion Festival in Kyoto

A procession of decorated "yamahoko" floats parade during the traditional Gion Festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 17, 2023.

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Ship-shaped float back in festival after 150-year hiatus

KYOTO, Japan - An "Ofune Hoko" (big ship-shaped) float, revived after a hiatus of 150 years, has the honor of closing the 10-float "Yamahoko" procession at the Gion Festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 24, 2014.

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Kyoto's Gion Festival in full swing

KYOTO, Japan - Photo shows a procession led by the Naginata-hoko float during Yamahoko Junko, a highlight of Kyoto's flamboyant Gion Festival, in the western Japanese city on July 17, 2014.

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Crowded street in Kyoto during Gion Festival

KYOTO, Japan - Crowds gather in Shijo-dori street in Kyoto City, western Japan, on July 16, 2014, the eve of a procession of the "yamahoko" floats during the Gion Festival.

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Crowded street in Kyoto during Gion Festival

KYOTO, Japan - Crowds gather in Shijo-dori street in Kyoto City, western Japan, on July 16, 2014, the eve of a procession of the "yamahoko" floats during the Gion Festival.

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Gion Festival connects Kyoto and disaster-hit Miyagi

KYOTO, Japan - Former Iwanuma Mayor Tsuneaki Iguchi (R) stands in front of a 3-meter-diameter ring, made of rice straw from the northeastern Japanese city in Miyagi Prefecture, in Kyoto City on July 16, 2014, the eve of a procession of the "yamahoko" floats during the Gion Festival.

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Floats pulled before Yamahoko parade

KYOTO, Japan - People conduct a test pull of floats in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 12, 2014, before the Yamahoko parade. The parade is a highlight of the Gion Festival in Kyoto.

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Floats pulled before Yamahoko parade

KYOTO, Japan - Tourists and others engage in a test pull of a float in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 12, 2014, ahead of the Yamahoko parade. The parade is a highlight of the Gion Festival in Kyoto.

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Refurbished Tsukihoko roof for Gion Festival

KYOTO, Japan - The refurbished roof of Tsukihoko, a kind of Yamahoko float used in the Gion Festival in Kyoto, is shown to the press in the western Japanese city on July 7, 2014.

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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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Burnt float for Gion Festival almost rebuilt

KYOTO, Japan - "Ofunehoko," a Gion Festival float under restoration since 2010 after it was nearly lost in fire 150 years ago, is unveiled Jan. 15, 2014, in Kyoto before completion. The float is one of the "Yamahoko" floats used during the annual Gion Festival in Kyoto.

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Kyoto festival

KYOTO, Japan - "Yamahoko" floats are pulled through a Kyoto street on July 17, 2013, as the highlight of the ancient Japanese capital's annual monthlong Gion Festival.

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Kyoto festival

KYOTO, Japan - "Yamahoko" floats are pulled through a Kyoto street on July 17, 2013, as the highlight of the ancient Japanese capital's annual monthlong Gion Festival.

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Kyoto festival

KYOTO, Japan - "Yamahoko" floats in brilliant colors are pulled through a Kyoto street on July 17, 2012, as the highlight of the ancient Japanese capital's annual month-long Gion Festival.

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Kyoto festival

KYOTO, Japan - Photo shows a "Yamahoko" float in brilliant colors being pulled through a Kyoto street on July 17, 2012, as the highlight of the ancient Japanese capital's annual month-long Gion Festival.

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Kyoto festival

KYOTO, Japan - "Yamahoko" floats in brilliant colors are pulled through a Kyoto street on July 17, 2012, as the highlight of the ancient Japanese capital's annual month-long Gion Festival.

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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.