Gion Festival is started in 869, the first of Heian era, in autumn in the lunar calendar. In Shinsenon, large garden, those day’s people prayed for recovery from domestic drought. They built 66 sticks and pray for ‘Susanoo-no-Mikoto’,who is Japanese highest rank god of piece and health for peace of Japan. (In those days, there were 66 countries in Japan.) Gion Festival is written in Japanese old document in 970 at first, and festival cars were seen in 1321 at first. There were heavy fire disease for three times, 1708, 1788 and 1868. But it was revived each time. A current style began at Momoyama era or Edo era, in 1500’s. Festival cars were decorated by Nishijin brocades and foreign countries tapestries and so on in those days. But it had dangerous of war, so this festival was protected by Nobunaga Oda.
