By YUKIKO KITAMURA/ Staff Writer
July 11, 2021 at 18:44 JST
Floats are decorated with lit lanterns for the Gion Festival in Kyoto on July 14 in 2016. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
KYOTO--City authorities gave the green light July 10 to begin work on constructing massive, decorative floats for the annual Gion Festival--even though the climactic processions are now canceled for the second straight year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [Read More]
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