Meanwhile, in the Yamahoko Junko and Mikoshi togyo are involved less people than the Yoiyama (still, there are a number or people): many people think of the Yoiyama, the eve of festival, at first as the Gion Matsuri Festival.
一方、山鉾巡行・神輿渡御は、宵山ほどの人出はなく（それでもかなりの人出ではあるが）、祇園祭といえば前夜祭である宵山を先に思い描く人も多い。