Japan Series - The Colours of Gion, Kyoto
Geisha rushing to ochaya teahouses for performance. Traditional merchant houses serving expensive kaiseki ryori. Okiya or guesthouses where geisha and maiko live during their career. And tourists, lots of them, armed with cameras.
This is the heart of Gion. This is Hanami-koji.
7 comment(s):
Such beautiful photos!
I admire you for obtaining them in such hot weather.
SSG xxx
absolutely stunning!
Gorgeous! You take such amazing photos.
*sigh* Just like Memoirs of a Geisha, but real!
As everyone else has commented, love the collage of pics! I've always wanted to visit Gion and see those geisha girls.
These are absolutely stunning photos! I've never been here but always wondered what it was like after reading several books on Gion :)
Your images brought Arthur Golden's novel, "Memoirs of a Geisha" to life for me. Even the cinematography of the movie was dark and murky, I much prefer your vivid images of Gion! In fact, I think the pictures are so lovely that I honestly feel they are the 2nd best thing to visiting Japan.
Thank you,
Priyanka
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