Tickets to view the parade of large "yamahoko" floats from premium seats during this summer's Gion Festival will go on sale ...

KYOTO--The annual Gion Festival that started on July 1 in the ancient capital will not have its climactic processions of massive, decorative floats--the main highlight of the festival--for the ...

KYOTO--Tourism officials here are offering premium seats for 400,000 yen ($2,870) each that provide an up-close view of the traditional Gion Festival’s massive float parade on July 17.

Gion Festival is said to have started in the Heian period as a way of asking people to be spared from the plague. Still now, every 17th of July, a pre-festival procession of floats, called the ...

Researchers in Kyoto have created a new pandemic response system combining surveillance, rapid diagnostics, and global pathogen tracking.

In the heart of Kyoto stands Hotel Okura Kyoto, one of Japan’s most iconic accommodations. Not only is it the oldest hotel in ...

Core Kyoto zooms in on the Hoka Hoko, one of the festival's 34 floats Fronting the ... owl motif There are few festivals in the world like Gion Matsuri for its scope, grandeur and associated ...

A former capital of Japan, Kyoto is no stranger to the devastation that pathogens can cause. A deadly plague struck the city in 869. In response, Emperor Seiwa established the Gion festival to ...