13 Season
259 Episode
Hometown Stories - Season 10 Episode 13 The Deities of Gion
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic in summer 2020, Kyoto Prefecture's 1,000-year-old Gion Festival, held annually around Yasaka Shrine, was facing cancellation. But Kitamura Norio, a devoted parishioner who runs a nearby sushi restaurant, called for part of the festival to go ahead somehow, saying at times like these, people need their deities. Amid the self-isolation caused by COVID, the shrine and the local parishioner group decided to revive a contingency plan for the festival originally conceived after a civil war ended in the 15th century. This program is a record of people behind the 2020 Gion Festival and their efforts to maintain their tradition.
- Year : 2024
- Country : Japan
- Genre : Documentary
- Studio : NHK, NHK WORLD-JAPAN
- Keyword : way of life, hometown, culture, community spirit, social awareness, life story, working life
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- Cast : lae astra
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