Activities Sakura Light-up, Gion Shirakawa Tomoko Kamishima Gion Shirakawa’s spring illumination: Viewing cherry blossoms at night!
12 Activities Gion Shirakawa at Night in Spring Larry Knipfing The entire Gion district is lit up to celebrate this yearly springtime occurrence.
11 Culture Gion Matsuri in Photos: Part 1 Hugo Kempeneer Yamaboko Junko: A Pictorial Overview of Gion Matsuri in Kyoto! Part 1.
Culture Ancient Traditions of the Gion Matsuri Bonson Lam Be transported by the sounds and sights of Gion Matsuri, a Millennium old festival in the open air art gallery of Kyoto’s old town.
A Day in the Life of Gion Roxanne L W Gion is the must see district of Kyoto, made famous by novels like "Memoirs of a Geisha".
Culture Ezoshi Art Shop and Gallery Gion Bonson Lam So I make my way to the back streets of Gion, to find the very places portrayed
23 Culture Komainu Lion-like Statues Elena Lisina One can meet Komainu lion-like statues in many places in Japan, so they are one of the symbols of Shinto sacred places.
17 Lion Dance Festival in Echizen Takako Sakamoto Lion Dance Festival in Echizen City: Traditional wooden lion and its bearers visit each house and dance wildly inside and out!
