Gion District, Kyoto

Gion District (GPS: 35.00395, 135.77419) is the best known geisha quarter in Japan. It is located in Kyoto, between the Kamo River to the west and the Higashiyama to the east. The Gion District is where a Japanese man with the pocket for it find wine and women, and of late, karaoke.

This entertainment precinct of Kyoto began during feudal times, when stalls were set up here for the benefit of pilgrims. These evolved into teahouses, as appetite gets more refined. The kabuki, which has its genesis along the banks of the Kamo River nearby, relocated here by the late 16th century.

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