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Gion Matsuri Festival, Part Two

If you missed Part One about the Pre-Parade festivities, go here. For the July 17th float procession, also known as Saki-Matsuri, there are 23 floats in the parade. For the July 24th procession, known as Ato-Matsuri, only 10, which is more than enough (in my opinion). In the brochure that they hand out, the parade …

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Kyoto

Vegetarian’s Refuge Kyoto is a vegetarian’s refuge. With the numerous Buddhist temples in town, comes with it lot of vegetarian restaurants. Here is my first meal in Kyoto: Gion Gion 祇園 (pronounced gi as in “geese” and on as in “on/off”) is the famous geisha district of Kyoto. The streets are lined with old buildings and nicely paved …

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