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Gion festivals are held all over Japan, culminating on July 17. The best known Gion Festival is celebrated at the Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto,
The Gion festival began as part of a purification ritual (goryo-e) meant to appease the gods that were believed brihg fire, floods and earthquakes. Tghey date to the 9th century AD.
It is one of Japan's best known festivals feature towering, highl decorated floats. Smaller Gion festivals are held in many other Japanese cities on the same days. We note the Gion celebrations at a small village on an Island off Nagasaki--Ogushi. The boys are involved with the processions and floats and play on the beach after the parade. We are not sure that the beach activities are connected with the festival. It is interesting seeing the children playing like regular boys would be.
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