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 ...

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.

The Best Area to Stay in Kyoto for Culture: Gion District and Higashiyama The Gion neighborhood and Higashiyama are the most historic areas of Kyoto. Gion is also known as the geisha district ...

KYOTO--The Gion entertainment district here toned down its blunt and threatening demands for tourists to behave themselves after visitor numbers plummeted during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the ...

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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.

With more visitors, however, comes overcrowding and strained infrastructure, prompting authorities to take action such as banning tourists from parts of Kyoto’s Gion district and charging a new ...