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 16
Aleksander Zienkiewicz
Author
Robert Głębocki
Irena Kwinto
Children's writer
Boris Gutnikov
Musician
Feodor Machnow
Tamara Tyshkevich
Soviet olympic athlete
Yefrosinya Zenkova
Yefim Fomin
Military personnel
Nikolai Zaremba
Russian music theorist
Hienadz Buraukin
Belarusian poet
Iryna Kryuko
Olympic athlete
Artur Vader
Politician
Vladimir Platonov
Belarusian mathematician
Volha Khizhynkova
Model
Iryna Leshchanka
Belarusian olympic athlete
Eugenijus Matuzevičius
Poet
Togbe Afede XIV
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Africa World Airlines
Obed Asamoah
Former Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of Ghana
Joe Gidisu
Former Member of Parliament of Ghana
John Willie Kofi Harlley
Mimi Areme
Paul Nocquet
Visual artist
Bowinn Ma
Canadian Politician
Jon Evans
Canadian novelist
Craig Norris
Canadian singer
Elbra Amanda Mansur
Singer
Zhahansha Dosmukhamedov
Khalel Dosmūkhamedūly
Physician
Garifulla Kurmangaliev Singer
Singer
Azhar Giniyat
Minister of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Maria Spiropulu
Physics researcher
Nikolaos Kasomoulis
Greek author
Constantine Gatsonis
Kwasi Sainti Baffoe-Bonnie
Ghanaian Politician
Papa OwusuAnkomah
Ghanaian lawyer
Kabral Blay Amihere
Ghanaian journalist
Joseph Boahen Aidoo
Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board
Aðalbjörn Tryggvason
Musical artist
Steinn Steinarr
Icelandic poet
Sigvaldi Kaldalóns
Musician
Guðmundur G. Hagalín
Icelandic writer
Alexander Picton Brereton
Armed force officer
D. Allan Bromley
Canadian-American physicist
Feruza Jumaniyozova
Uzbek singer
Mounis Khorezmi
Poet
Jahongir Otajonov
Singer
Muradjan Khalmuratov
Uzbekistani bicycler
