Gion district

E83963
district entertainment district neighborhood tourist attraction

Gion district is Kyoto’s famous traditional entertainment quarter, renowned for its historic wooden machiya houses, teahouses, and geisha (geiko and maiko) culture.

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Label Occurrences
Gion district canonical 18
Gion 6
Gion entertainment district 3

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf district ⓘ
entertainment district ⓘ
neighborhood ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle traditional Japanese townhouses ⓘ
associatedWith Japanese tea culture ⓘ
Kyoto traditional arts ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
culturalSignificance preservation of geisha traditions ⓘ
symbol of traditional Kyoto ⓘ
famousFor geiko ⓘ
geisha culture ⓘ
historic wooden machiya houses ⓘ
maiko ⓘ
teahouses ⓘ
traditional entertainment ⓘ
traditional streetscape ⓘ
governedBy Kyoto ⓘ
surface form: Kyoto City
hasCulturalPractice geiko performances ⓘ
maiko apprenticeship ⓘ
traditional music and dance ⓘ
traditional tea gatherings ⓘ
hasPart Shirakawa Canal ⓘ
surface form: Gion Shirakawa Canal

Hanamikoji Street ⓘ
Shirakawa area ⓘ
hosts Gion Matsuri-related events ⓘ
knownAs Gion district ⓘ
surface form: Gion
knownFor ochaya teahouses ⓘ
seasonal festivals ⓘ
stone-paved alleys ⓘ
traditional wooden lattice facades ⓘ
locatedIn Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto ⓘ
Honshu ⓘ
Kansai region ⓘ
Kyoto ⓘ
Kyoto Prefecture ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity restaurants and teahouses ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
traditional hospitality ⓘ
near Kamo River ⓘ
Maruyama Park ⓘ
Yasaka Shrine ⓘ
primaryLanguage Japanese ⓘ
timePeriodOfDevelopment Edo period ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kyoto → contains → Gion district ⓘ
Hankyu Kyoto Main Line → connectsHub → Gion district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kawaramachi district
Gion Matsuri → locatedIn → Gion district ⓘ
Kamo River → adjacentTo → Gion district ⓘ
Kamo River → adjacentTo → Gion district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kawaramachi area
Nanzen-ji → locatedIn → Gion district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Higashiyama area
Yasaka Shrine → locatedIn → Gion district ⓘ
Yasaka Shrine → associatedWith → Gion district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gion entertainment district
Ponto-chō → adjacentTo → Gion district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gion
Gion district → knownAs → Gion district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gion
Pure Water Temple → hasAccessFrom → Gion district ⓘ
Kyoto City Bus → connects → Gion district ⓘ
Osaka and Kyoto → hasFamousDistrict → Gion district ⓘ
subject surface form: Kyoto
this entity surface form: Gion
Pontocho alley → near → Gion district ⓘ
Pontocho alley → partOf → Gion district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kyoto entertainment districts
Shirakawa Canal → locatedIn → Gion district ⓘ
Yamaboko Junko → associatedWith → Gion district ⓘ
Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto → contains → Gion district ⓘ
Shijo Ohashi → connects → Gion district ⓘ
Shijo-dori → locatedIn → Gion district ⓘ
Shijo-dori → passesThrough → Gion district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gion
Maruyama Park → locatedIn → Gion district ⓘ
Maruyama Park → near → Gion district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gion entertainment district
Kamo River dining terraces → locatedNear → Gion district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gion
Kamo River dining terraces → nearbyAttraction → Gion district ⓘ
Gion Shrine → locatedIn → Gion district ⓘ
Kamogawa → near → Gion district ⓘ
geiko → locatedIn → Gion district ⓘ
geiko → locatedIn → Gion district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gion Higashi district
Hanamikoji Street → locatedIn → Gion district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gion
Hanamikoji Street → neighborhood → Gion district ⓘ
Hanamikoji Street → partOf → Gion district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gion entertainment district
Hanamikoji Street → associatedWith → Gion district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kyoto geisha district