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07/19, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo (Summer Festivals and Kendo)

A parade of yamahoko floats passed through Kyoto on Monday during the city’sannual Gion Festival, held in all its glory for the first time in almost fouryears. Meanwhile, a man died after being run over by a dashi float on Saturdayat the Hakata Gion Yamakasa summer festival being held in the city of Fukuoka,southwest Japan. Temperatures over the weekend soared, reaching almost 35degrees Celsius in more than 150 different parts of Japan, with temperatures inone city reaching almost 40. And Saturday marked the 40th anniversary of theiconic Family Computer or Famicom, produced by Japanese video game makerNintendo. With last weekend widely acknowledged to be the start of summer, withGion matsuri in Kyoto, Matama matsuri at Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine and others thisJuly, Notebook caught one bon odori dance and the sound of Japanese fencing,also known as kendo.—Substack: notebookpodcast.substack.comInstagram: @notebook_podTwitter: @notebook_pod—Get in touch: notebook.podcast@gmail.comLeave a message: speakpipe.com/notebook—

NOTEBOOK — Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo