Gion district

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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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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Gion 2
Gion entertainment district 1
Higashiyama area 1

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 City NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Honshu ⓘ
Kansai region ⓘ
Kyoto NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kyoto Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity restaurants and teahouses ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
traditional hospitality ⓘ
near Kamo River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maruyama Park ⓘ
Yasaka Shrine ⓘ
primaryLanguage Japanese ⓘ
timePeriodOfDevelopment Edo period ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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Kamo River → adjacentTo → Gion district ⓘ
Kamo River → adjacentTo → Gion district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kawaramachi area
Ponto-chō → adjacentTo → Gion district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gion
Yasaka Shrine → associatedWith → Gion district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gion entertainment district
Hankyu Kyoto Main Line → connectsHub → Gion district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kawaramachi district
Kyoto → contains → Gion district ⓘ
Gion district → knownAs → Gion district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gion
Gion Matsuri → locatedIn → Gion district ⓘ
Nanzen-ji → locatedIn → Gion district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Higashiyama area
Yasaka Shrine → locatedIn → Gion district ⓘ