30/08/2024
Gion Night Tour
4 guests
There is a big typhoon in Japan now and it is crossing Japanese archipelago very slowly. Many of us are preparing for the disaster just in case.
In the long history of Kyoto, people continued to suffer from the Kamo river's overflowing because of heavy rain. In the late 17th century, however, there was a bank protection works project and both sides of the river were reclaimed. The river became much narrower. After that, Gion geiko (geisha) district, whose history first started on Shijo street , gradually expanded to the new reclaimed land.
The geiko district reached its peak in early 19th century , when about 3000 geiko and maiko(apprentice geiko) were said to work here. We can say the Kamo river, the representative river of Kyoto, has been closely related to the long history of Gion.
Thank you very much for joining the tour today!