Gion Corner Kyoto

Hanamikoji Shijo-sagaru Yasaka Hall Kyoto , Kyoto, Kinki, Japan - Phone: 81-75-561-1119

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  • The show was superb

    5

    ronchu 7 contributions Israel, Israel Dec 2, 2011

    Very weird and funny, describes Japan exactly and worth the money!

    This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.

Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction Gion Corner Kyoto

  • 1

    Geisha sighting

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    There isn't much to say about today, we spent half the day on a train going from Takayama to Nagoya, then transferred briefly to a Shinkansen going to Kyoto.

    After checking in and getting some lunch we wandered around a shopping arcade, before going back to the hotel to rest before dinner.

    Dinner was another wonderful fluke in a …

  • 2

    All the main sites

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    Nijo Castle:

    After a leisurely sleep in we had a reasonable walk to Nijo Castle from the hotel. Nijo Castle was the Kyoto residence of the Tokugawa shoguns, and is well preserved/restored. The rooms are all very open and the main feature is the elaborate wall paintings in each room. Sadly no photography was allowed.

    Kyoto Imperial …

  • 3

    Kyoto

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    We arrived on time (of course: This is Japan after all!) at Kyoto station. Not knowing how to get to our hostel or where the nearest subway was, we got a taxi; even though they are expensive (like UK prices) We couldn't check in to our hostel until 9am; it being 7am at the time. But the hostel owner was there eating breakfast and told us to …

  • 4

    Kyoto

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    Kyoto, the city of temples and tourists and traditional Japan. Yeah, it's very touristy but I would not go to Japan without visiting Kyoto. It's gorgeous. Everything about this city is beautiful. It's filled with gardens and flowers and rivers, dotted with shrines and temples. You could stay here for weeks and you'd still not see all the temples.< …

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    Kyoto Beginnings

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    ... Kyoto culture with a visit to Gion. Every night, there is a special show offered to English speaking guests at a building called Gion Corner. The one hour long performance includes an introduction to the tea ceremony, a demonstration of Ikebana, a koto ...

  • 2

    Leila's visit, long weekend in Kyoto

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    ... real gold! Zen Garden with 15 rocks, one of which is always hidden! Ninaji Temple with beautiful zen and moss gardens Gion Corner Theatre- we saw a Japanese show with samples of various Japanese arts: maiko (apprentice geisha who are from 19-25 years ...

  • 3

    Kimonos in Kyoto

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    ... for more food at 5 a.m.! The next day was SLOW...  later in the afternoon we did some shopping, then went to Gion Corner to watch a 50 minute Japanese Culture show, which gave us a smattering of the Tea Making ceremony, Maiko dancing (apprentice ...

  • 4

    More beige

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    ... so I proceeded to walk around, espy geishas, and try to see beyond the beige. I wanted to eat dinner somewhere before going to the Gion Corner culture show but the restaurants have no appeal to me - they look just like the houses. It's very odd. So, ...

  • 5

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    ... saw some meiko (young geisha) and a lot of tourists shops with fans, sandals and other geisha's accesories. we went to gion corner in purpose to see tea ceramony and traditional dancing...we hoped to participated in a small group ceramony but we have ...

  • 6

    Kansai - Koya-san, Kyoto and Nara

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    ... their apprentices, so-called Maikos, on the street on their way to work. We also attended a culture show at a place called Gion corner where we were intoduced to: tea ceremony (it's more bitter than Chinese green tea and made from powder rather ...

  • 7

    Bite the Bullet!

    ... by on the sidewalks! The evening I arrived I strolled for hours. I wandered through the narrow streets of Ponto Cho and Gion corner where it wasn't unusual to see women decked out in kimonos, enjoying a dinner date. The lit rice paper lanterns added to ...

  • 8

    Heian Shrine, Sanjusangendo, Kiyomizu, Gion Corner

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    ... it already had the folds, making it very hard to paint on. In the evening we took a taxi to Gion Corner. Gion corner was a famous geisha district in Kyoto.I had really wanted to see geisha, and this would be the closest we would come to seeing them. ...

  • 9

    Kyoto, Day 2

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    ... of various vegetables and meats, like chicken, beef and squid. After the dinner we went to see a cultural show in Gion Corner. Aimed at foreign tourists, the show is a highly concentrated introduction to several traditional Japanese arts and include ...

  • 10

    Kyoto

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    ... husband Sydney substitutes there. They were visiting Kyoto for the first time and were also headed to see the geisha. Once we got to Gion Corner we found out that the Geisha show didn't go on sale for another couple of hours so we decided to walk around ...