KYOTO--Two teenage “maiko,” or apprentice geisha, tested positive here for the novel coronavirus, according to an association of one of the city’s five “kagai” entertainment areas.

Japan’s ancient capital of Kyoto, long a popular destination for tourists, is closing off some private-property alleys in its famous geisha district because of complaints about misbehaving visitors.

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In Kyoto, tourists flock to the picturesque Gion district to glimpse Geisha clip-clopping along cobbled streets. It's one of the most photographed parts of the ancient capital. But now the people ...

Local officials in Japan’s popular Geisha district in Kyoto will shut off access to “paparazzi” tourists who harass and ...

KYOTO -- A museum featuring items related to geisha and their "maiko" apprentices opened on the premises of the Gion Kobu Kaburenjo theater in the Gion district of this city's Higashiyama Ward on ...

Gion, Japan's popular geisha district in Kyoto, will be barring tourists from entering certain alleys, the news agency AFP reported on Friday. Isokazu Ota, an executive member of the Gion district ...

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