Gi-On Festival

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Kyoto Gi-On Festival season has come. From this year, Ato-Matsuri (=the latter celebration) is held on July 24th after half-a-century pause. Today’s Saki- (=the former) Matsuri has 23 portable shrines, parade along streets. Ato-Matsuri has other 10 shrines, including O-Fune-Hoko (=the big ship-shape shrine).