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Gion Area

Gion is the name of Kyoto’s traditional  entertainment and leisure district. Here the atmosphere of the former times has been preserved best.
Most of you have probably heard of the famous Geishas. Some of you might connect this expression to some kind of shady business, which is wrong. The art to be a real Geisha is highly sophisticated.

It requires a long and hard training to become one, including singing, dancing and

playing various instruments. Although this kind of very traditional Japanese entertainment has been replaced by modern entertainment today, you are  still likely to see some Geishas, walking to work in

their colourful costums and wooden shoes, in Gion.
Gion developed its major leisure district   already in the 17th century, much of which atmosphere is still well-perceived today thanks to its preserved architecture.

Gion is located near the Yasaka Shrine, which has been worshipped by Geishas. The shrine was founded already in 657. However, most of its buildings today are ‘only’ from the 17th century. (The gate that you can see on the pictures here was built up in 1497.)
The yearly shrine festival from 17th - 24th July is maybe the best known and most popular festival of whole Japan.

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