Culture Three Days in Kyoto (day 2) Joe Peters Gion is best known as the Geisha district in Kyoto. Visit where Mineko Iwasaki lived.
Yasaka Shrine After Dark Michael Williams By being open at night, the shrine lights up and becomes a bright spectacle in the middle of Gion.
Culture Kyoto Machiya and Textiles Museum Bonson Lam The Machiyas or the merchant houses in Central Kyoto are a key part to the Gion Matsuri
6 Yasaka Shrine in the Early Evening Stefanus Husin Yasaka, which is also known as Gion Shrine is an iconic building in Kyoto.
9 Culture Kyoto Yasaka Shrine in the morning Tomoko Kamishima It is quite centrally located, and the nearest bus stop is Gion.
6 Nightlife Pontocho after Dark Hoyee Tse Located by the riverbank of the Kamogawa and moments away from Gion; this laneway awakens each evening with the first visits from Geisha houses nearby.
12 Culture Kyoto Maruyama Park Tomoko Kamishima Located just east of Yasaka Jinja Shrine, it is a short 3-minute-walk from Gion
