Festival lanterns

This restaurant was celebrating Gion Matsuri Festival displaying sacred lanterns above its entrance.

The lanterns

Kyoto showed its most beautiful night at Gion Matsuri Festival with a lot of lanterns on the streets.

Offerings to the god

Offerings were placed in front of a mikoshi [a portable shrine] at Gion Matsuri Festival.

Aesthetics of the shrine

I took this photo at Yasaka Jinja Shrine when it was holding its summer festival - Gion Matsuri, realising that it was still more beautiful than usual.

An array of lanterns

The lanterns of shrines are always beautiful. This array of lanterns at Yasaka Jinja Shrine is even fantastic.

Through the shrine gate

There were a lot of people walking through the gate of Yasaka Jinja Shrine when it was holding Gion Matsuri Festival.

Atmospheric lighting

This is just one example of how beautiful the lanterns were at Gion Matsuri Festival.

Fantastic night

They were performing a festival music on a festival float illuminated with many lanterns at Gion Matsuri Festival.

A day of the festival

This distinctive lantern display was for Gion Matsuri Festival in Kyoto. Gion Matsuri is one of the most famous festivals in Japan.

By the wayside

I found this beautiful jizoson just around Byodoin Temple. A jizoson is an altar where Jizo [a Buddhist deity] is enshrined.