祇園祭(ぎおんまつり)は京都市(きょうとし)東山(ひがしやま)区(く)での ７月１日（吉符入(きっぷいり)）から ３１日（疫神社夏越祭(えきじんじゃなごしさい)）まで、１ か月にわたって多彩(たさい)な祭事(さいじ)が行(おこな)われる八坂神社(やさかじんじゃ)の祭礼(さいれい)です。なかでも前祭(さきまつり)の １７日(にち)と後祭(あとまつり)の ２４日(にち)には大勢(おおぜい)の人々(ひとびと)が訪(おとず)れます。今(いま)からおよそ １１００年前(ねんまえ)、京都(きょうと)で流行(りゅうこう)した疫病(えきびょう)を鎮(つつし)めるため、神泉(しんせん)苑(えん)にて ６６本(ほん)の矛(ほこ)を つくり疫病(えきびょう)の退散(たいさん)を祈願(きがん)したのが由来(ゆらい)だといわれていて、長(なが)い歴史(れきし)を持(も)つ祭礼(さいれい)です。

Gionmatsuri wa Kyōtoshi Higashiyamaku de no shichigatsu ichi nichi (kippu iri) kara san jū ichi nichi (eki jinja nagoshi sai) made, ichi kagetsu niwatatte tasaina saiji ga okonawareru Yasakajinja no sairei desu. Nakademo saki matsuri no jū nana nichi to ato matsuri no ni jū yon nichi ni wa ōzei no hitobito ga otozuremasu. Ima kara oyoso sen hyaku nen mae, Kyōto de ryūkōshita ekibyō o shizumeru tame, Shinsen'en nite roku jū roku hon no hoko o tsukuri ekibyō no taisan o kiganshita no ga yurai da to iwareteite, nagai rekishi o motsu sairei desu.

The Gion Festival is a month-long festival held at Yasaka Shrine in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, from July 1 (kippu -iri) to July 31 (Nagoshi ceremony at Ekijin Shrine). The 17th, the “early festival,” and the 24th, the “later festival,” are especially popular with large crowds. The origin of this festival is said to date back to 1100 years ago, when 66 spears were made in the Shinsen-en Garden to pray for the elimination of an epidemic that was spreading in Kyoto, making this a festival with a long history.



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