Hikaru Taki the "chigo," center, and his assistants enter Yasaka Shrine for a ritual to pray for the safety of this year's Gion Festival, in Kyoto's Higashiyama Ward on July 1, 2023.

Akiyoshi Nomura, 65, chief priest at Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto's Higashiyama Ward, is apparently calling into question the system to offer food and drinks to the audience during the procession, which ...

Construction for Kyoto’s Yasaka Shrine was founded in the seventh century, and it sits right in the middle of Gion, the city’s geisha quarter. That combination of cultural significance and ...

Entering Hotel Sowaka in Kyoto's famous Gion district feels like stepping onto the set of the Disney+ series "Shōgun". Guests ...

KYOTO -- The Setsubun festival began at a shrine in this ancient Japan capital on Feb. 2, with geisha, known locally as "geiko," and their "maiko" apprentices joining a traditional bean-throwing ...

With a history dating back some 1,200 years, Yasaka Shrine has long been home to Japan’s peculiar blend of Shintō and Buddhist faiths. It is famed for the Gion Festival, one of Japan’s three ...

TOKYO >> A gathering for a karuta card-matching game traditionally played during the new year was held at Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto’s Higashiyama ward, the first such event in the three years since ...

So, I will eat three products of PABLO Kyoto Yasaka Shrine front shop limited menu which became the first Kyoto opening. First of all Black bean of Tamba and Flute of Kinako " (602 yen without tax) ...

KYOTO -- About 80 geisha and apprentice geisha from the Gion Kobu district here braved the rain on July 4 to pray for improvements in their performances at Yasaka Shrine in this city's Higashiyama ...