Gion Matsuri

E54606
Japanese festival religious festival summer festival

Gion Matsuri is one of Japan’s most famous and historic summer festivals, renowned for its grand yamaboko parade floats and month-long celebrations in Kyoto.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Gion Matsuri canonical 13
祇園祭 2
Gion Festival 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese festival ⓘ
religious festival ⓘ
summer festival ⓘ
associatedShrine Yasaka Shrine ⓘ
audience domestic tourists ⓘ
international tourists ⓘ
local residents ⓘ
city Kyoto ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
culturalStatus Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Japan ⓘ
duration one month ⓘ
endDate July 31 ⓘ
famousFor grand processions ⓘ
street stalls ⓘ
traditional costumes ⓘ
traditional music ⓘ
yamaboko parade floats ⓘ
features community-based float construction ⓘ
lantern-lit streets ⓘ
traditional Gion-bayashi music ⓘ
floatType hoko float ⓘ
yama float ⓘ
hasComponent Saki Matsuri ⓘ
surface form: Ato Matsuri

Byobu Matsuri ⓘ
Nagoshi no Harae ⓘ
Saki Matsuri ⓘ
Yamaboko Junko ⓘ
Yoiyama ⓘ
mikoshi procession ⓘ
purification rituals ⓘ
hasTheme protection from disease ⓘ
purification ⓘ
heldIn July ⓘ
heritageStatus Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (as part of Yamahoko, Yama, Hoko, Yatai float festivals in Japan)
language Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn Gion district ⓘ
Kyoto ⓘ
mainDeity Susanoo ⓘ
surface form: Susanoo-no-Mikoto
numberOfFloats over 30 ⓘ
originCentury 9th century ⓘ
originPurpose to appease plague and epidemics ⓘ
originYear 869 ⓘ
paradeDate July 17 ⓘ
July 24 ⓘ
paradeType Yamaboko Junko ⓘ
region Kansai region ⓘ
religion Shinto ⓘ
season summer ⓘ
startDate July 1 ⓘ
transportationImpact major traffic restrictions in central Kyoto ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kyoto → famousEvent → Gion Matsuri ⓘ
Jidai Matsuri → relatedFestival → Gion Matsuri ⓘ
Yasaka Shrine → knownFor → Gion Matsuri ⓘ
Yasaka Shrine → festival → Gion Matsuri ⓘ
Saki Matsuri → partOf → Gion Matsuri ⓘ
Saki Matsuri → associatedWith → Gion Matsuri ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gion Festival
Saki Matsuri → festival → Gion Matsuri ⓘ
Byobu Matsuri → partOf → Gion Matsuri ⓘ
Byobu Matsuri → isSubEventOf → Gion Matsuri ⓘ
Yamaboko Junko → partOf → Gion Matsuri ⓘ
Yamaboko Junko → mainHighlightOf → Gion Matsuri ⓘ
Kamo Matsuri → sharesCategoryWith → Gion Matsuri ⓘ
八坂神社 → famousFor → Gion Matsuri ⓘ
this entity surface form: 祇園祭
八坂神社 → annualEvent → Gion Matsuri ⓘ
this entity surface form: 祇園祭
Gion Shrine → hasMainFestival → Gion Matsuri ⓘ
Gion Shrine → isCenterOf → Gion Matsuri ⓘ
Gion Shrine → knownFor → Gion Matsuri ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gion Matsuri festival