{"id":2426,"date":"2022-07-17T20:19:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T11:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/?p=2426"},"modified":"2022-07-17T20:19:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T11:19:22","slug":"gion-festival-%e7%a5%87%e5%9c%92%e7%a5%ad-city-of-kyoto-yamaboko-junkoprocession-of-floats-july-17th-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/?p=2426","title":{"rendered":"Gion Festival (\u7947\u5712\u796d) City of Kyoto         ~Yamaboko-Junko(Procession of Floats)~ July 17th, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The weather was hot and fine today and the Yamaboko Junko (float procession) was held for the first time in three years. I was very impressed by the crowd and the procession, which I had not seen in a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yamaboko is assembled without nails, using only ropes and wedges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Twenty-three floats made the parade today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1658036035825-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1658036035825-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1658036035825-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1658036035825.jpg 1108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Turning at the intersection of Kawaramachi-Oike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ground was full of bamboo that&#8217;s cut into thin strips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wheels of the floats are placed on these bamboos, using the smooth surface of the bamboos to reduce friction and change the direction of the floats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220717_104716-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2429\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220717_113425-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2430\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220717_113702-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2433\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Check out the praying mantis on the top of the float<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May we see the Gion Festival again next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I also hope that those who are reading this blog now will be able to visit Kyoto soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weather was hot and fine today and the Yamaboko Junko (float procession) was held for the first time in three years. I was very impressed by the crowd and the procession, which I had not seen in a long time. Yamaboko is assembled without nails, using only ropes and wedges. Twenty-three floats made the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/?p=2426\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Gion Festival (\u7947\u5712\u796d) City of Kyoto         ~Yamaboko-Junko(Procession of Floats)~ July 17th, 2022&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2430,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peace-in-kyoto.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}