祇園祭始まる：2023年7月1日（土）

京都の祇園祭が今日から始まった。7月31日までお祭りは続く。

　本日1日は八坂神社で長刀鉾町お千度が執り行われ，それぞれの山鉾町（鉾・曳山のみ）で11日まで二階囃子が行われる。明日2日は京都市役所で「くじ取り式」が行われる。山鉾34基のうち「くじ取らず」の9基以外の24基の前祭（さきまつり，7月17日）と後祭（あとまつり，7月24日）の山鉾巡行の順番がくじで決まる。前祭は23基，後祭は11基により山鉾巡行が行われる。

　前祭の先頭が長刀鉾で23番目が船鉾，後祭の先頭となる24番目が橋弁慶山で最後尾の33番目が大船鉾などの順番が「くじ取らず」で決まっている。

　神輿渡御（みこしとぎょ）が，17日に神幸祭（しんこうさい）として八坂神社から四条御旅所まで行われ，24日に還幸祭（かんこうさい）として四条御旅所から八坂神社まで行われる。

　14日から16日までの前祭宵山，21日から23日までの後祭宵山をはじめ，京都が祇園祭で盛り上がる1ヵ月が始まった。

Gion Festival begins：July 1st(Saturday)

The Gion Festival in Kyoto has begun today. The festival will continue until July 31st.

On the first day, a ritual called Naginata Hokomachi Osendo takes place at Yasaka Shrine, and the second-floor musicians perform in each Yamahoko-machi (consisting of floats and portable shrines) until the 11th. Tomorrow, on the 2nd, the "lot-drawing ceremony" will be held at Kyoto City Hall. The order of the Yamahoko processions for the pre-festival (Sakimatsuri, on July 17th) and post-festival (Atomatsuri, on July 24th) will be determined by drawing lots, except for the 9 out of the 34 floats that are not subject to the drawing. The pre-festival will be conducted with 23 floats, and the post-festival with 11 floats.

The Naginata Hoko is the first float in the pre-festival, the 23rd is the Funahoko (boat-shaped float), and the 24th, which leads the post-festival, is the Hashibenkei-yama, while the 33rd and last is the Oofunahoko (large boat-shaped float). The order of these floats is determined without drawing lots.

The Mikoshi-togyo (portable shrine procession) takes place as the Shinkosai (Procession of the Divine Palanquins) from Yasaka Shrine to Shijo Go-Ryosho on the 17th and as the Kanko-sai (Return Procession) from Shijo Go-Ryosho to Yasaka Shrine on the 24th.

From the Pre-Festival Yoiyama on the 14th to the 16th and the Post-Festival Yoiyama from the 21st to the 23rd, Kyoto enters a month of excitement during the Gion Festival.