Yamaboko (YAMAHOKO) cruise, which is a highlight of the festival (Saki Festival) of the Gion Festival in Kyoto, was the center of Kyoto city on the 17th. Twenty-three mountains and hokoku, also called 'moving art museum' with luxurious decoration, advanced along the Metropolitan Highway while playing Gion musici (hayashi) of "Contikuchin" and 165,000 people (Kyoto police investigator) filling the roadside I saw it.
At 9 a.m., Yamaboko departed Shijo Karasuma from the long-sword (Naginata) floor. When the baby of the long knife, Yutaro Kobayashi (8) leaned from the hatcheo and took a "nagareno cut" with a sword, applause applauded from the audience. At the intersection of Shijo Kawaramachi and the like, "Tsuji Hiki" to change the direction of travel of the Yamaboko was performed brilliantly. In Kyoto city, the temperature rose to 36.5 degrees after midday and it was a hot summer day for 4 consecutive days. (Ohmura Jiro)