KYOTO -- The Jidai Matsuri, one of the three major festivals ... fascinating large crowds along the way. The procession departed from the Kyoto Gyoen National Garden in the city's Kamigyo Ward ...

The Kyoto Gion Matsuri is the annual festival of Yasaka ... The festivities span over the entire month of July but the highlight is the procession of 33 large floats known as yamahoko, which ...

Gion Matsuri, Kyoto: a thousand-year-old tradition and ... the highlight is the grand procession on 17 July, when some thirty richly decorated floats parade through the streets, along with ...

Core Kyoto narrator Gary Tegler gets a close-up look at the Gion Matsuri, which began over 1,000 years ago, as he unravels the mystery of the decorations and meets the foreign volunteers.

The third festival is the most famous Kyoto festival and one of the three great festivals of Japan. Gion Matsuri is a month-long festival from July 1-31 with its grand procession of floats ...