The month-long Gion Festival in Kyoto reached its climax on Thursday with a second parade, which has not been seen for 49 years.

10 colorfully decorated floats known as the Yamahoko Junko made their way through the streets of the ancient Japanese capital while spectators cheered, applauded, and took pictures.

Known as ato-matsuri, or “the latter festival”, the second parade is an ancient tradition, but had been combined with the first to form one main one for the last couple of decades.

The festival, one of the most famous in Japan, is named for the Gion district of Kyoto where it takes place.

A ship-shaped float called ofune-hoko also showed up in the parade after missing in action for 150 years. The current float is a reconstruction of its predecessor, which burned down over a century ago.