Gion Matsuri
Gion Matsuri. What is Gion Matsuri?. A festival held in Kyoto, Japan for the entire month of July. All events are funded, arranged, and performed by the citizens on Kyoto. The festival is to celebrate a Shinto priest who appeased the gods, and ended the plague of 869 A.D. Yasaka Shrine.
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