@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social
2026-07-11 06:28 UTC
Each float has a special symbol that features prominently on lanterns, clothing and goods. Animals also make for a popular motif.
🐟Urade-yama's (占出山) yukata, designed 50 years ago, features sweetfish.
#祇園祭 #GionMatsuri
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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social 2026-07-11 07:42
🐇Tsuki-boko (月鉾), the 'Moon Float', uses a crescent moon and rabbit pattern on their yukata (redesigned every 2 years). Rabbits are deeply connected to the moon in Asian mythology. In Japan it is said you can see a rabbit pounding mochi on the face of a full moon.