Kyoto Gion and Kaiseki Night Food Tour
A guided evening walk through Gion and the Shirakawa area, starting near Yasaka Shrine and ending with a 10-course kaiseki dinner.
Place · Gion-machi Kitagawa, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
Yasaka Shrine
八坂神社
Yasaka Shrine is the Shinto shrine at the eastern end of Shijo-dori in the Gion district of Kyoto, home of the Gion Festival.
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Why go
Yasaka Shrine is a Shinto shrine in the Gion district of Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, at Gionmachi Kitagawa 625. The shrine's English site says its history may go back as far as 656 and that it is renowned for the Gion Festival and its portable-shrine procession in July. It gives shrine office hours of 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM in the text read on 29 September 2026; the pages read do not state an admission arrangement.
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Kyoto Gion and Kaiseki Night Food Tour
A guided evening walk through Gion and the Shirakawa area, starting near Yasaka Shrine and ending with a 10-course kaiseki dinner.
Guided tour · skygate
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Gion Cycling Tour
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