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GIONGion (祇園) is a district of Kyoto, Japan, home to many geisha houses and traditional tea houses. 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.
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.
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