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Walking in The Kyoto-Gion If you visit Kyoto, one of famous walking area is the Gion. it is like you taking the time machine to go back hundreds yeas ago Japan. the picture I took with Geiko was taken 10 years ago, Did I look same as now? still young ? Gion (祇園, ぎおん) is a district of Kyoto, Japan, originally developed in the Middle Ages, in front of Yasaka Shrine. The district was built to accommodate the needs of travelers and visitors to the shrine. It eventually evolved to become one of the most exclusive and well-known geisha districts in all of Japan.The geisha in the Gion district (and Kyoto generally) do not refer to themselves as geisha; instead, Gion geisha use the local term geiko. While the term geisha means artist or person of the arts, the more direct term geiko means essentially a child of the arts or a woman of art.
Posted on: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 22:00:43 +0000

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