The ban covers just several blocks of Gion. The district’s public streets will remain open to tourists, so the area and the rest of Kyoto will still be teeming with visitors, both from Japan and ...

The parade of decorative floats is the highlight of the annual Gion Festival, a celebration that began in the Heian period in the hope of ending the plague. Onlookers applauded when a boy ...

head of the Gion-Machi South District Council. The government has imposed tight entry restrictions since the novel coronavirus began spreading in Japan earlier this year. Exacerbating the decline ...

Japan comes alive with matsuri, festivals that celebrate local culture and traditions throughout the country. From the icy ...

Japan is a country that seamlessly blends the ... crowded experience. Maikos walking on in Gion, Kyoto. The historic district of Gion is another highlight of Kyoto. Known as the center of Kyoto ...

from the Gion's South Side District Council, said the tourism "paparazzi" have "gotten more brazen" since the return of mass tourism to Japan after the pandemic. 'People know the rules but are ...

In Kyoto, tourists flock to the picturesque Gion district to glimpse Geisha clip ... The warnings are written in three languages: Japanese, English and Chinese. Local residents and shop owners ...