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Gion

Gion is a district of , , , originating as an entertainment district in the Sengoku period, in front of . The district was built to accommodate the needs of travellers and visitors to the shrine.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: neighborhood in Kyoto city, Japan
  • Also known as: “Gion Quarter” and “Gionmachi”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Yasaka Shrine and Gion Kobu Kaburenjo.

Shinto shrine
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, once called Gion Shrine, is a Shinto shrine in the Gion District of , . Situated at the east end of Shijō-dōri, the shrine includes several buildings, including gates, a main hall and a stage. is situated 340 metres east of Gion.

Theater building
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is a theater building, which is situated 120 metres southeast of Gion.

Buddhist temple
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is a historic Zen Buddhist temple in , , and head temple of its associated branch of Rinzai Buddhism. It is considered to be one of the so-called Kyoto Gozan or "five most important Zen temples of Kyoto". is situated 260 metres south of Gion.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shimogawara-chō and Central Kyoto.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
encompasses the urban heart of Japan's former imperial capital.

Suburb
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is one of the eleven wards in the city of , in , . Its name means "central capital ward." As of 2021, the ward has an estimated population of 109,629 people.

Gion

Latitude
35.00252° or 35° 0′ 9″ north
Longitude
135.77479° or 135° 46′ 29″ east
Elevation
46 metres (151 feet)
Open location code
8Q7Q2Q3F+2W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4198049508
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
1863621
Wiki­data ID
Q926312
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Gion” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غيون (شارع)”
  • Arabic: “غيون”
  • Basque: “Gion barrutia”
  • Burmese: “ဂိအွန်း”
  • Catalan: “Gion”
  • Chinese: “祇园”
  • Chinese: “祇園”
  • Chinese: “衹园”
  • Czech: “Gion”
  • Dutch: “Gion”
  • Finnish: “Gion”
  • French: “Gion”
  • French: “Quartier de Gion”
  • Georgian: “გიონი”
  • German: “Gion Viertel”
  • Hungarian: “Gion gésanegyed”
  • Italian: “Gion”
  • Japanese: “祇をん”
  • Japanese: “祇園”
  • Japanese: “祇園石段下”
  • Japanese: “祗園”
  • Kannada: “ಜಿಯೋನ್”
  • Korean: “기온”
  • Literary Chinese: “祇園”
  • Persian: “گیون”
  • Portuguese: “Gion”
  • Pushto: “ګیون”
  • Russian: “Гион”
  • Sanskrit: “गिओन्”
  • Slovak: “Gion”
  • Slovenian: “Gion”
  • Spanish: “Gion”
  • Telugu: “జియాన్”
  • Thai: “ย่านกิออน เกอิชา”
  • Turkish: “Gion-Ili”
  • Turkish: “Gion”
  • Turkish: “祇園”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґіон”
  • Welsh: “Gion”
  • Wu Chinese: “祇园”
  • “Gion”

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