Holiday Ideas in July: Gion Festival, Kyoto, Japan
For many centuries Kyoto was Japan’s capital and to this day retains the nation’s greatest and most glorious concentration of cultural treasures. Tradition also plays its part with the annual Gion Festival.
Gion Festival, Kyoto, Japan
Kyoto's famous festival commemorates the believed divine intervention that stopped the spread of the plague thousands of years ago. Lasting throughout the month of July, with various celebrations, this is a wonderful opportunity to experience Japanese culture.
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Kyoto is the Japan of the imagination: a city of grand palaces, ornate shrines and exquisite gardens, mercifully spared from the bombing of World War II that razed other Japanese cities.
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