An annual festival at the Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto to pray for business prosperity got underway on Saturday.
On the first day of the festival, called Ebessan of Gion, parishioners disguised as the Seven Gods of Good Fortune mounted a float which then left the shrine.
They chanted loudly "Bring bamboo grass for business prosperity", as the float moved along the central street of the city.
Young women of good luck dressed as shrine maidens handed green bamboo grass deemed to be a symbol of good luck to local business people lining the streets.
A clerk in a confectionery shop said he hopes for good business this year, as sales were stagnant due to the tough economic conditions last year.
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