冷たい飲み物
In a large container filled with water and blocks of ice at a mid July Kyoto street fair -
Yoiyama - are all of of the cold drinks you could hope for.
Qoo - an odd orange colored drink made from unknown ingredients
Rokucha - a cool green tea
Aquarius - a Japanese sports drink, which is much better named than Calpis
Mugicha - cool barley tea, highly recommended for hot summer days and nights
Coke - the American standby
There are also a few "fruit" drinks floating towards the bottom.
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浴衣姿の京美人
Ah, summer（夏だ、natsu da）！
Cold beer（冷たいビール、tsumetai biiru）, hand held paper fans（扇子、sensu）, and women in light cotton robes (浴衣、yukata).
In mid-July, at Kyoto's annual
Yoiyama Festival （宵山）- held on three successive nights prior to Gion Festival （祇園祭り）, which is always on the 17th - women and men throw on their cotton （綿、men）robes and head downtown.
The streets are closed to cars from 6 pm until midnight. This in Japanese becomes "Pedestrian Paradise" （歩行天国、hoko tengoku）. Hundreds of thousands of people from Kyoto and surrounding areas pour into the city for a giant street party.
Everyone strolls with a beer in hand. There is much to see, from the great floats（鉾、hoko）that will be pulled around central Kyoto, to the many beautiful women and men and children in their colorful （華やか、hanayaka）robes.
Tonight is the final night of Yoiyama, and Friday will be the main event of the
Gion Festival.
By all means go! （是非行ってごらん！Zehi itte goran!）Or, in Kyoto dialect（京都弁、Kyoto ben）: 是非行ってや zehi itte ya!
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