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KYOTO TOURS

Kyoto Highlights Day Tour

The best of Kyoto in one day.
Kinkakuji Temple - Golden Pavilion
Kiyomizu Temple
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Nijo Castle
Heian Shrine
Sanjusangendo Hall
Kyoto Handicraft Center

Himeji Castle Day Tour

Experience Japan's best castle!
World Heritage site.
Includes trip on bullet train
Plus tour sake brewery museum

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GION

Gion (祇園) is a district of Kyoto, Japan, home to many geisha houses and traditional tea houses. In the evenings you can see geisha walking in Gion.

Gion originally developed in the middle ages, in front of Yasaka Shrine. Gion is the best place in Kyoto to see geisha and maiko in the streets.

This part of Kyoto has two hanamachi (geisha districts): Gion Kobu and Gion Higashi. Despite the considerable decline in the number of geisha in Gion in the last one hundred years, it is still famous for the preservation of forms of traditional architecture and entertainment. Part of this district has been declared a national historical preservation district.

Maiko in Gion Kyoto

There is a popular misconception that Gion was a red-light district. However, as it was a geisha district, and as geisha are entertainers. Geisha are not prostitutes. Gion is not, and never was, a red-light district. Shimabara was Kyoto's red-light district.

Hanamikoji dori Gion Kyoto

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