Unpopular opinion — Kyoto is the 7th ring of hell right now.' While Sannenzaka street, which leads up the famous Kiyomizu-dera Temple, is no stranger to crowds, it appears particularly packed ...

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2008 this was a quiet side street. Looks terrible now ... tourists from entering certain alleys in Gion, the famous geisha district in Kyoto, after fed-up locals complained their neighbourhood ...

Shibuya, for instance, is famous for the ... Known as the center of Kyoto’s geisha culture, Gion is filled with traditional wooden machiya houses and narrow streets that transport you back ...

Pontocho Alley, perhaps Kyoto's most famous street, was so clogged with visitors during high season that you almost couldn't breathe. Then the pandemic hit. Tourism as Kyoto knew it ended — and ...

Japan’s ancient capital of Kyoto ... alleys in its famous geisha district because of complaints about misbehaving visitors. Tourists crowd the narrow, quaint streets of the area called Gion ...

Kyoto’s famous Golden Pavilion ... Photo by Manuel Cansaya from Pixabay Nishiki Market is a narrow and long shopping street lined with more than a hundred stalls. You’ll find vendors selling ...

Kyoto’s Sannenzaka Street is one of the city’s most popular ... Kyoto banned tourists from some areas of its Gion district, famous for its geishas and maikos, after residents complained ...