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Walks in Gion.

One walking route through Gion — a Claude-drafted route awaiting the editor's walk — plus nearby routes for the same morning.

Hanami-koji's teahouses, the willow-lined Shirakawa canal, and the shrine the district grew around.

Nearby

Other walks close to Gion.

Sorted by distance from the start of gion: the lanes and the willows. Good for stitching together a longer day.

Kyoto's narrowest dining alley, a cherry-lined canal, and machiya restaurants after dark.

Kyoto's kitchen, the covered market, the Teramachi arcades, and a shrine for scholars.

Kiyomizu-dera's great terrace, the preserved Sannenzaka steps, and a pagoda over the lanes.

A giant vermilion torii, the Okazaki museums, and the canal that climbs to Nanzen-ji.