Gion
Gion is Kyoto's geisha district, with hostesses in colorful kimonos often sighted on the wooden Tatsumi Bridge, or amid upscale Japanese restaurants and boutiques on Hanamikoji Street. Gion Corner hosts traditional Kyomai dances, while Kennin-ji Temple is known for its Zen garden and Yasaka Shrine has seasonal festivals in a lantern-lit courtyard. Nightlife ranges from quiet sake bars to buzzing, pub-like izakayas.
People born in Gion (First 49 people) - Page 15
Turobjon Joʻrayev
Civil servant
Asror Gafurov
Football player
Aziza Begmatova
Actress
Abbos Akhmedov
Entrepreneur
Hadizatou Mani
Human rights activist
Estebes Tursunaliev
Hassan Mwakinyo
Professional boxer
Antonio Gutiérrez de la Fuente
Peruvian Politician
Alzhan Zharmukhamedov
Kazakh professional basketball player
Mikhail An
Football player
Jafar Irismetov
Footballer
Elnur Abduraimov
Uzbekistani boxer
Ivan Efremov
Uzbekistani weightlifter
Zaynap Farkhetdinova
Musician
Sherzodjon Yusupov
Uzbekistani weightlifter
John Smart
Skier
Earl Lewis
Professor
Aman Wote
Ethiopian runner
Damouré Zika
Nigerien healer
Nana Aoyama
Porn actress
Sei Shōnagon
Japanese author
Hizumi
Visual artist
Sadao Hasegawa
Japanese graphic artist
Titina Silla
Samba Touré
Malian singer
Souheil Ben-Barka
Moroccan film director
Jose Carlos Ibarra Jerez
Carmen Bustamante
Eva Kostolányiová
Czechoslovakian singer
Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský
Composer
Rudolf Božík
Writer
Tyra Gittens
Olympic athlete
Amankhan Alimuly
Poet
Edigu
General
Saken Zhasuzakov
Politician
Zharmakhan Tuyakbay
Former Chair of the Mazhilis
Oļegs Antropovs
Latvian former volleyball player
Zhanat Zharasov
Politician
Mwanu Hafidh Ameir
Member of the National Assembly of Tanzania
Wanu Hafidh Ameir
Albert Abongo
Ghanaian Politician
Alban Bagbin
Former Minister of Health of Ghana
Daria Belyakina
Russian swimmer
Maria Kaczyńska
Former First Lady of Poland
Władysław Jackiewicz
Polish painter
Mindaugas Nastaravičius
Lithuanian poet
Pawel Olechnowicz
CEO of Grupa Lotos