The Gion Festival, alive with festival music, heralds the start of summer in Kyoto on July 1st; the Gozan no Okuribi’s fires bring summer to an end. They say you can feel the end of a season in its fires.

We invite you to make many memories of your Kyoto summer while listening to this music. Then, we hope you will remember and cherish the times you had together with your departed forebears in the firelight.