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 7
John MacDonell
Canadian Politician
Aisling Chin-Yee
Canadian film director
Jennie Raymond
Canadian film actress
Jo-Ann Roberts
Canadian Politician
Andrew Gordon
Historian
Justin Barron
Ice hockey player
Don Brien
Jestyn Murphy
Derrick Kimball
Lawyer
Shawn O'Donnell
Ice hockey player
Martin Singh
Canadian Politician
Ryan Flinn
Ice hockey player
Alice Mary Hagen
Canadian ceramist
Jackie Cox
Drag queen
Kieran Baskett
Soccer player
Steve Poltz
Canadian-American singer-songwriter
Peter Sorger
Professor
Mattea Roach
Scott Saccary
Michael Benjamin Nigrin Musician
Musician
Charles Peter McColough
Executive
Jan Sapp
Author
Mike Backman
Ice hockey player
Amy Fraser
Canadian olympic athlete
Nicole Fortin
Economist
James Creighton
Canadian lawyer
Janet Gladys Aitken
British socialite
Desmond Piers
Military personnel
Ben Meisner
Ice hockey player
satu runa
Director
Michael Benjamin Nigrin
Musician
Ryan Bowness
Ice hockey player
Rich Aucoin
Canadian musician
Henrietta Stanley, Baroness Stanley of Alderley
Author
George Montegu Black Sr.
Canadian businessman
Charles Carroll Wood
Canadian military officer
William Machin Stairs
Former Mayor of Halifax
Edith Standen
American art historian
Mather Byles Almon
Banker
Thomas Willshire
Military personnel
Gilbert Stuart Newton
British artist
Lucas Gridoux
French film actor
Phumlile Ndzinisa
Swazi athlete
John Pundari
Former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Papua New Guinea
Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir
Mauritanian Politician
Aleh Veratsila
Footballer
Jaroslav Romanchuk
Belarusian economist
