KYOTO--A local landmark that is designated as a tangible cultural property and normally off-limits is now open to the public until the end of September. The structure in question is the Gion-kaku ...

In Kyoto, tourists flock to the picturesque Gion district to glimpse Geisha clip-clopping along cobbled streets. It's one of the most photographed parts of the ancient capital. But now the people ...

Core Kyoto narrator Gary Tegler gets a close-up look at the Gion Matsuri, which began over 1,000 years ago, as he unravels the mystery of the decorations and meets the foreign volunteers.

On Aug. 19, Aiba handed his association’s fans to Masano, 20, a geisha apprentice from Kyoto’s Gion-Higashi district, as well as others at the Gion Corner tourism facility in the ancient ...

which we’d previously been to years ago when we went to the Gion Corner “show”. How to get to the Gion Kobu Kaburenjo Theatre The theatre is in Gion, Kyoto, and is immediately outside Exit 6 of Keihan ...