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Gion Shirakawa

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Gion Shirakawa
Gion Shirakawa
Gion Shirakawa
Gion Shirakawa
Gion Shirakawa
Gion Shirakawa
Gion Shirakawa
Gion Shirakawa
Gion Shirakawa
Gion Shirakawa
Gion Shirakawa
Gion Shirakawa
Gion Shirakawa
Gion Shirakawa
Gion Shirakawa
Gion Shirakawa
Gion Shirakawa
Gion Shirakawa
Gion Shirakawa
Gion Shirakawa
Gion Shirakawa
Gion Shirakawa
Gion Shirakawa
Gion Shirakawa
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Sunday12am - 12am
Monday12am - 12am
Tuesday12am - 12am
Wednesday12am - 12am
Thursday12am - 12am
Friday12am - 12am
Saturday12am - 12am


Gion is a district of Kyoto, Japan, originally developed in the Sengoku period, 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 term Gion is related to Jetavana. The geisha in Kyoto do not refer to themselves as geisha; instead, they use the local term geiko. While the term geisha means artist or person of the arts, the more direct term geiko means essentially a woman of art.
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