On the twenty fourth, one of many highlights of the Gion Festival, which colours the summer time of Kyoto, was the Yamahoko Junko of the Atomatsuri. During the competition, one of many pleasures shouldn’t be solely to see the attractive floats, but in addition to purchase “chimaki” to keep at bay evil, however this yr there are a collection of instances the place this “chimaki” is resold, and the folks concerned are nervous.