JAPAN - Kyoto - Gion
Ponto-cho
Ponto-cho and Gion are 2 Kyoto districts well known for geisha houses, bars, restaurants and traditional tea houses. Ponto-cho and Gion are famous for the preservation of forms of traditional japanese architecture and entertainment.
Gion is a district of Kyoto, Japan, originally developed in the Sengoku period, in front of Yasaka Shrine (Gion Shrine). The district was built to accommodate the needs of travelers and visitors to the shrine. It eventually evolved to become one of the most exclusive and well-known geisha districts in all of Japan.
BEST TIME to VISIT JAPAN
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to KYOTO
From May to September (more rainy in summer)
Kennin-ji is a historic Zen Buddhist temple
japanese young women with a kimono
Kennin-ji temple
Kennin-ji temple - People are writing their wishes on thee pieces of wood
japanese young women with a kimono
traditional houes
japanese young women with a kimono
traditional houses
japanese young women with a kimono and a man
traditional houses and a 5 storied pagoda
family with a young girl wearing a kimono
street view
House behind a wooden fence
japanese young women with a kimono
Traditional houses
traditional houses
street view with bars and restaurants
restaurant
restaurant
Bar
Street view
bridge
old wooden house
modern buildings
mother and young boy with kimonos
japanese style house
Elegant ladies in kimono
Kiyomizu-Dera temple
japanese style house
Elegant young women
japanese style house
Elegant ladies in kimono
Elegant lady with a kimono
Elegant lady in kimono heading to a temple
shop
japanese young women with a kimono
Yasaka 5 storied pagoda
japanese young woman with a kimono
tradititional houses
street view with the Yasaka 5 storied pagoda
kimono shop
Yasaka 5 storied pagoda - Hokan-Ji
Kimono shop
young girl with a kimono
narrow traditional house
Elegant ladies in kimono and the Yasaka 5 storied pagoda
japanese young women with a kimono
street view
japanese young woman with a kimono
japanese young woman with a kimono
japanese young woman with a kimono
street viiew with a couple
japanese women with umbrellas
japanese young women with a kimono
Kiyomizu-Dera temple - pagoda
young women wearing kimonos are using a tourist carriage pulled by a man
new building with traditional japanese style
entrance of a small shrine
japanese young woman with a kimono
Kennin-ji temple - small shrine
father and young boy with a kimono
japanese young women with a kimono
street view
couple with a woman wearing a kimono
Ladies in kimonos at Kiyomizu-Dera temple
young girls dressed with kimonos
small temple in a Gion Street with a Buddha statue
shop with colorful fans
many people on the way to Kiyomizu-Dera temple
Sake (rice wine) shop
a couple is posing for a professional photographer, may be for wedding pictures - Nice opportunity for us
shop with tiny puppets
a lady is posing for a professional photographer, may be for wedding pictures
modern japanese house
small temple where the wishes are written on small colored balls kept by thousands around the temple
Yasaka-Jinja temple
Yasaka-Jinja temple
japanese style decoration in a hotel
Japanese style house
Yasaka-Jinja temple
Japanese style house
Yasaka-Jinja temple - Gate
It's very easy to arrive in Kyoto by the Shikansen (bullet train)
Kennin-ji temple
Kennin-ji temple
Kennin-ji temple
Kennin-ji temple
Kennin-ji temple - detail of a roof
Kennin-ji temple
Kennin-ji temple
Kennin-ji temple
Kennin-ji temple - couple with traditional costumes
Kennin-ji temple
traditional houses
restaurant
Ponto-cho : view from the other side of the river
Ponto-cho : view from the other side of the river
Ponto-cho : view from the other side of the river
shop
Kennin-ji temple
Elegant ladies with kimonos
Elegant woman wearing a kimono
Elegant ladies with kimonos
Elegant lady with a kimono
Elegant couple with kimonos
Kimono shop
Elegant lady with a kimono
Elegant lady with a kimono
Elegant lady with a kimono
Elegant lady with a kimono
Elegant lady with a kimono
Elegant lady with a kimono
Elegant ladies with kimonos
Elegant lady with a kimono
Man around a temple
souvenir shop
ladies with kimonos
Heading to the temple
old house
couple with the lady in kimono
couple posing for a picture
lady with an umbrella
restaurant
Kimono shop
Elegant ladiew in black and white
Elegant ladies
Couple with kimonos - taking a picture
Ladies and a man at the temple
Ladies in kimono
shop selling dry sakura flowers
restaurant
restaurant
Lady in kimono
street view with many restaurants
Sake barrels
street view with many bars and restaurants
restaurant
ladies in kimono
Restaurant - Menu is displayed in the window - perfect for foreigners
restaurant
Bar
Restaurant and bar
street view
Ponto-cho houses from the other side of the river
Ponto-cho houses from the other side of the river
Ponto-cho houses from the other side of the river
Bridge between Ponto-Cho and Gio
shop
street view
street view
restaurant
restaurant
street view
restaurant
restaurant
small temple
Some Japanese are addicted to the game of Pachinko - Here a long line of people waiting
small local temple
Kiyomizu-Dera temple
Kiyomizu-Dera temple
Kiyomizu-Dera temple
Souvenir shop - fans
small temple near Yasaka pagoda - the wishes are written on small colored balls kept inside
small building in a temple near Yasaka pagoda - the wishes are written on small colored balls
small temple near Yasaka pagoda - statue surrounded by the small colored balls where wishes are writen
small temple near Yasaka pagoda - the wishes are written on small colored balls