Kyoto Gion Festival in Japan

Gion festival is one of the biggest festivals in Japan. The ancient capital of Japan, Kyoto is taken back in time during this festival This Japanese festival begins on July 1st and lasts till July 31st. At this time, there are many street vendors with games and Japanese festival food. Also, many people who go to this festival wear yukata and geta, which are traditional Japanese outfits. Gion festival was started in 869 A.D when a bad disease spread through Kyoto. In the first festival, young men carried numbers of wooden floats. It was a divine intervention to stop disease, and it really soon ended, and this event became a popular festival.…