Yamadamatsu Kogiten (Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto), located near the Kyoto Imperial Garden, is a long-established store specializing in fragrant woods founded in the mid-Edo period. The store sells fragrant woods, incense sticks, scent bags, and other items handcrafted by artisans. The shop is selling a beautifully designed red seal book with gold brocade decorated with the floats of the Gion Festival during the Gion Festival only. The set includes a bookmark with a gently scented sandalwood ball. Why not collect vermilion seals for each of the floats with this in hand?

Traveler's Factory Kyoto (Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto), located on the first floor of the popular Shinpukan building, is a stationery store centering on TRAVELER'S notebooks under the concept of "making travel more fun starting in Kyoto. In addition to notebook shopping, the shop also offers unique corners such as a customized stamp corner and a ticket scale. The cotton bag depicting the Gion Festival with a cool yet adorable touch is a drawstring type that can be easily matched with a yukata (light cotton kimono) and will come in handy while walking around Kyoto.

Kyo Koma Jakkyu is the only workshop in Japan that carries on the tradition of Kyo Koma (Japanese comic strip). In 2005, it was designated as a traditional industry of Kyoto. The Kyo-koma Gion Yamaboko, which is in the shape of the Yamaboko floats of the Gion Festival, includes the Osafune in the photo, as well as the Choto-boko, Tsuki-boko, Mentoshi-boko, and other floats. Visitors can actually play with it by pinching and turning the bamboo shaft with their fingers.