KYOTO--A top hotel operator is teaming with a geisha school to open the first luxury accommodation facility in the popular Gion district here. “Gion is a special place characterized by a dense ...

Mimiko Takayasu, the chief of the local association, says they had to impose the ban to preserve Gion's traditional atmosphere. Locals, police, and city officials also handed out leaflets urging ...

KYOTO--The annual Gion Festival that started on July 1 in the ... Festival officials have worked out a new set of rules to allow assembling the floats to the fullest extent possible amid the ...

Core Kyoto narrator Gary Tegler gets a close-up look at the Gion Matsuri, which began over 1,000 years ago, as he unravels the mystery of the decorations and meets the foreign volunteers.

By building sun engines in this region, and pnmping from the always present underground water which in this r-gion lies ... being tested out a celluloid-like material having all the necessary ...

An attorney for Energy Transfer said in a recent hearing the company has made a sincere effort to comply with all of ... to draw out the legal battle. Greenpeace has also asked Gion to order ...

Japanese art was all around me while traveling ... onto clothing and accessories. Check out the video by FashionbyAlly, where she gets her items custom embroidered. The buildings I saw in the Gion ...

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while checking out lesser-visited spots like the Daigoji Temple right down the road later in the day for a less hectic, crowded experience. Maikos walking on in Gion, Kyoto. The historic district ...

“For example, there are several streets around Gion where geishas are often seen ... Hotels also started handing out brochures with the code to guests when they checked in.