This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. Close Close Modal Dialog This is a modal window.... Wooden ornaments of the" naginata hoko" float, for which gold extracted from small home electronics was used, are seen in the city of Kyoto's Shimogyo Ward, on July 9, 2021.... The" kanko boko" float, right, and" tsuki hoko" float, stand assembled in the Shijo-dori street in the city of Kyoto's Shimogyo Ward, on July 12, 2021, for the first time in two years..

A craftsman is seen fastening the skin to the body of a" nagado daiko" drum at Miyamoto Unosuke Shoten in Tokyo's Taito Ward on Dec.... By turning the bamboo tubes laced with hemp rope, the skin is stretched over the top of the drum.... TOKYO--Long ago in the Edo period( 1603-1867), a large drum was struck at Edo Castle to signal the gates' opening and closing dusk and dawn....