KYOTO--Tourism officials here are offering premium seats for 400,000 yen ($2,870) each that provide an up-close view of the traditional Gion Festival’s massive float parade on July 17.

In Kyoto, tourists flock to the picturesque Gion district to glimpse Geisha clip-clopping along cobbled streets. It's one of the most photographed parts of the ancient capital.

Many of them work and reside in Gion, an elegant and historic quarter of Kyoto, one of Japan’s most ... representative secretary of the Gion-town South Side District Council, tells CNN that ...

KYOTO--A geisha community here will put on its annual “Gion Odori” dance performance in November for the first time in three years. The Gion Higashi Kabukai association, based in one of Kyoto ...

Core Kyoto narrator Gary Tegler gets a close-up look at the Gion Matsuri, which began over 1,000 years ago, as he unravels the mystery of the decorations and meets the foreign volunteers.

GION. Here is an overview of the game, via Bushiroad Games: An original visual novel by Cherrymochi, Bushiroad, and Fiji TV. An augmented reality experience called “Echoes of Kyoto” invites ...