Japan is being inundated with foreign tourists right now, receiving more international visitors than ever before in history. Surging numbers of inbound travellers means the country is being forced to ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The historic Gion district's local council has said it will now ban sightseers and tourists into the alleys and streets housing ...

The local council in Kyoto’s historic Gion will ban sightseers from the district’s narrow backstreets where the Japanese city’s iconic geisha trot daintily between client engagements after a spike in ...

A ban on photography has recently taken effect in the Gion geisha district in Kyoto, Japan, a place popularised by its rich cultural history and appearances in films like ‘Memoirs of a Geisha’. Some ...

It's close to midnight on a hot Saturday in September and I'm hiding in the shadows of Hanamikoji Street in Gion, Kyoto's historic entertainment district, feeling a little like a paparazzo waiting for ...

TOKYOTOKYO — 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 ...

A stunning city in Asia that draws in tens of millions of tourists every year has become so fed up with visitors that it made the bold move to close off some of its streets. Gion, the famed geisha ...

Tourists crowd the narrow, quaint streets of the area called Gion, often following tour guides who show people around and lecture for long hours, local district official Isokazu Ota said Friday. “We ...