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 8
Kazimierz Stabrowski
Polish painter
Tadas Ivanauskas
Lithuanian biologist
Rhiana Griffith
Australian actress
Broc Parkes
Australian motorcycle racer
Abbey Harkin
Australian swimmer
Godfrey Mgimwa
Tanzanian Politician
Chief Mkwawa
Imani Sanga
Professor
Ali Kiba
Tanzanian singer-songwriter
Evi Edna Ogholi
Nigerian musician
Chico Ejiro
Nigerian movie director
Zeb Ejiro
Nigerian filmmaker
Sayakbay Karalaev
Musical artist
Zhanyl Asanbekova
Actress
Yalçın Hafızoğlu
Actor
Adilet Davlumbayev
Jambyl Jabayev
Yeldos Smetov
Judo practitioner
Yermakhan Ibraimov
Kazakh boxer
Aiman Umarova
Kazakh lawyer
Leonidas Kyvelidis
Football player
Dzhenisbek Dzhumanbekov
Military officer
Patokh Chodiev
Belgian philanthropist
Bakhodir Kurbanov
Minister of Defence of Uzbekistan
Tabyldy Egemberdiev
Entrepreneur
Kalyk Akiev
Aqyn
Liberata Mulamula
Member of Parliament of Tanzania
Jin Shibamura
Japanese novelist
Sachiko Kanenobu
Japanese singer
Takeo Toyama
Musical artist
Utagawa Toyoharu
Japanese artist
Nadim Karam
Lebanese artist
Sara Nazarbayeva
Nursultan Nazarbayev's wife
Nico Kasanda
Guitarist
Léonard Mulamba
Political leader
Machabbat Kazimov
Azerbaijani-Soviet singer
Tjekero Tweya
Namibian Politician
Samuel Mbambo
Former Governor of the Kavango Region
Ganda Fadiga
Malian griot
Madina N'Diaye
Singer-songwriter
Mahmadu Lamine
Religious leader
Nadezda Torlopova
Russian boxer
Maria Perepelkina
Russian volleyball player
Pavel Silyagin
Russian boxer
Christina Shusho
Musician
Irakoze Donasiyano
Tanzanian footballer
Reginald Mengi
Tanzanian businessperson