KYOTO (AP) — There’s a special moment when Katsushi Horikawa feels closer to the gods. It comes as he rides atop one of the towering floats pulled through the streets in a centuries-old procession in Japan. This is the Gion Matsuri festival, born more than …
KYOTO, Japan -- There’s a special moment when Katsushi Horikawa feels closer to the gods. It comes as he rides atop one of the towering floats pulled through the streets in a centuries-old procession in Japan. This is the Gion Matsuri festival, born more …
KYOTO, Japan (AP) — There’s a special moment when Katsushi Horikawa feels closer to the gods. It comes as he rides atop one of the towering floats pulled through the streets in a centuries-old procession in Japan. This is the Gion Matsuri festival, born …
KYOTO—There’s a special moment when Katsushi Horikawa feels closer to the gods. It comes as he rides atop one of the towering floats pulled through the streets in a centuries-old procession in Japan. This is the Gion Matsuri festival, born more than 1,000 …
People carry the “Niwatori Hoko” float during one of the main parades of Shinto’s Gion Matsuri festival in Kyoto, western Japan, Friday, July 17, 2026. —Photo by Fred Mery | Associated Press KYOTO, Japan — There’s a special moment when Katsushi Horikawa …
Nation & World News In Japan, the Gion Matsuri festival brings towering floats to the streets in Shinto religious processions that are rooted in rituals dating back more than 1,000 years and that were intended to ward off epidemics Festival …
Alan Tudyk, Andrew Rannells, Kelly Marie Tran and Rita Ora are among the high-profile names set to serve on this year’s HollyShorts Film Festival jury. They’ll be presiding over the short films with Alfre Woodard, Katheryn Winnick, David Cross and Judy …
As of this month, visitors to Cologne Cathedral in Germany must pay an entry fee. The colossal Gothic masterpiece has been free to visit for centuries, but that privilege ended on July 1, with tourists wanting to admire its cavernous interior now required …
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