The ban covers just several blocks of Gion. The district’s public streets will remain open to tourists, so the area and the rest of Kyoto will still be teeming with visitors, both from Japan and ...

Kyoto is renowned for its unique geisha culture, and no visit to this vibrant city is complete without a visit to a ...

In Kyoto, tourists flock to the picturesque Gion district to glimpse Geisha clip-clopping along cobbled streets. It's one of the most photographed parts of the ancient capital. But now the people ...

Kyoto Japan is one of the best places to visit ... The Best Area to Stay in Kyoto for Culture: Gion District and Higashiyama The Gion neighborhood and Higashiyama are the most historic areas ...

The audience views Gion Festival's "yamahoko" float parade from the premium seats in 2024. (Photo courtesy of the Kyoto City Tourism Association) KYOTO -- Tickets to view the parade of large ...

She’s from Kyoto too. As is Japan’s leading novelist ... magazine—I found a little temple on a tiny lane near the Gion geisha district, and, wanting to learn about simplicity and silence ...

KYOTO--The Gion entertainment district here toned down its blunt and ... since the novel coronavirus began spreading in Japan earlier this year. Exacerbating the decline in visitor numbers to ...

KYOTO, JAPAN – Media OutReach Newswire – 18 April 2025 – Travelodge Hotels Asia is excited to welcome thousands of guests to ...

KYOTO -- Audiences were treated ... by geisha and "maiko" apprentices in this west Japan city on March 31. The "ozarae" show was held at the Gion Kobu Kaburenjo theater in the ancient capital's ...