Giommachi
District of Kyoto
in Kyōto-shi of Kyoto, Japan
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Osaka International Airport (24 mi) - Kobe Airport (40 mi)
- Kansai International Airport (50 mi)
- Chubu Centrair International Airport (61 mi)
- Tajima Airport (64 mi)
- Nagoya Airport (68 mi)
- Gifu Airport (68 mi)
- Fukui Airport (82 mi)
- Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) (Unesco heritage, 3 mi)
- Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (Unesco heritage, 24 mi)
- Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area (Unesco heritage, 28 mi)
- Himeji-jo (Unesco heritage, 61 mi)
- Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range (Unesco heritage, 82 mi)
- Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama (Unesco heritage, 114 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 35.021 and 135.754 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 35° 1' 15" and E 135° 45' 13"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Yen - JPY
- Spoken languages:
- Japanese
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 05:06 PM (Sunday)
- Timezone: Asia/Tokyo
- UTC/GMT offset: 9 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 10:01 am and 11:45 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -30.250 and -50.233 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Pinhal - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 2,8 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Japan.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Japan. Last Update: 2024-05-05 08:24:42
Explore Giommachi
The district Giommachi of Kyoto in Kyōto-shi (Kyoto) is located in Japan about 226 mi west of Tokyo, the country's capital.
If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Kamigyo-ku, Muko, Otsu, Nagaoka and Uji. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 25°C / 77 °F
| Morning Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 24°C / 75 °F |
| Night Temperature | 18°C / 64 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 34% |
| Air Pressure | 1021 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (4 mph) from North-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 57% of sky |
| General Conditions | Broken clouds |
Monday, 6th of May 2024
18°C (65 °F)
19°C (66 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 7th of May 2024
18°C (65 °F)
16°C (61 °F)
Moderate rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 8th of May 2024
16°C (61 °F)
11°C (53 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
GION HATANAKA
(RYOKAN) Traditional Japanese Style Inn Kinoe
(RYOKAN) Gion Shinmonso
Chion-in Wajun Kaikan
Guest house Rakuza
ＳＭＡＬＬ ＬＵＸＵＲＹ 京都 龍吟
(RYOKAN) Ryokan Okuda
(RYOKAN) Ryori Ryokan Karaku
APA Hotel Kyoto Gion EXCELLENT
(RYOKAN) Gion no Yado Maifukan
Videos from this area
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Nishiki Ichiba (Market) - Kyoto's Kitchen 【HD】
The Nishiki Ichiba is known as "Kyo no Daidokoro", meaning "the kitchen of Kyoto". This market, with a total length of 390 meters is located along the Nishiki-koji Street (one street north...
京都 夜 Kyoto Night - JAPAN
京都 夜 Kyoto Night - JAPAN.
鴨川にオオサンショウウオ２(Giant salamander in Kamo River, Kyoto Japan)
オオサンショウウオ～
2013 京都 桜咲く 祇園白川 Cherry blossoms of Kyoto
The season of the cherry tree came this year also. This video is a cherry tree of GION . Although I was photoing cherry blossoms, I have found the MAIKO there. It was delightful miscalculation....
京都 祇園祭＜山鉾巡行＞八坂神社/Kyoto Gion Matsuri (HD)
ステレオヘッドホンで立体音＞☆臨場感ある映像と音でどうぞ☆迫力の辻回しなど☆毎年7月17日に行われる祇園祭のハイライト山鉾巡行(前祭の...
![preview picture of video 'Japan Trip [ep.6 part2]Serata a Gion il quartiere delle Geisha'](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CMWJ47V94Qo/mqdefault.jpg "'Japan Trip [ep.6 part2]Serata a Gion il quartiere delle Geisha'")
Japan Trip [ep.6 part2]Serata a Gion il quartiere delle Geisha
Finalmente siamo riusciti a sistemarci a Kyoto. Dopo aver trovato il nostro stello ormai in serata ci siamo diretti verso il quartiere di Gion, quello tradizionale dove le geisha passeggiano....
東大路通、東山三条付近、京都市バスが次々通過 Kyoto City Bus, Japan 2014.07.12
次から次へとバスがやってきます。 ＜部分＞ 00:06 6252（京都200か6252） 日産ディーゼル・西工ボディ 58MC ツーステップ 洛バス100系統：https://www.yout...
Sakura Blossoms around Kyoto City 【HD】
Video footage of the amazing Sakura Cherry Blossoms around the city of Kyoto, from the Spring of 2012. The locations you see on the video are: 1. Kamo River 2. Sano-en Sakura Garden, near...
京都を歩く 12月編 『Memory』 Kyoto Journey
京都の四季を追いかけて、月イチでお送りするミニ観光ムービー。 12月編は平野詩穂と北川裕介が、東山観光散策道の産寧坂から、二寧坂、八坂...
京都 東寺 五重の塔 Kyoto Trip Toji Temple
東寺と五重の塔です。 塔の高さは54.8メートルは木造塔としては日本一の高さです。 Tō-ji：http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8D-ji.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Kawaramachi Station (Kyoto)
is the terminal station of the Hankyu Kyoto Line of Hankyu Railway in Kyoto, Japan. The Kawaramachi and Shijo streets cross over the underground station. Gion-Shijo Station on the Keihan Railway Keihan Line is located beyond the Kamo River. The area around the station is one of commercial centers of Kyoto. The real estate around the station is the most valuable in Kyoto.
Ikedaya Incident
The Ikedaya Incident, also known as the Ikedaya Affair, was an armed encounter between the shishi which included masterless samurai formally employed by the Chōshū and Tosa clans, and the Shinsengumi, the Bakufu's special police force in Kyoto on July 8, 1864 at the Ikedaya Inn in Kyoto, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Kyoto attracted unemployed ronin of varying allegiances.
Gion
is a district of Kyoto, Japan, originally developed in the Middle Ages, in front of Yasaka Shrine. The district was built to accommodate the needs of travelers and visitors to the shrine. It eventually evolved to become one of the most exclusive and well-known geisha districts in all of Japan. The geisha in the Gion district (and Kyoto generally) do not refer to themselves as geisha; instead, Gion geisha use the local term geiko.
Yasaka Shrine
Yasaka Shrine, once called Gion Shrine, is a Shinto shrine in the Gion District of Kyoto, Japan. Situated at the east end of Shijō-dōri (Fourth Avenue), the shrine includes several buildings, including gates, a main hall and a stage.
Sanjō Station (Kyoto)
Sanjō Station is the main Keihan Electric Railway station in Kyoto. It connects with Sanjo Keihan Station on the Kyoto Subway Tozai Line. It was opened for service on October 27, 1915, and has been in service ever since. Sanjo Station is located in the Higashiyama Ward, in Kyoto City. The station offers quick access to the Gion district and the main shopping district on Sanjo-dori.
Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto
Higashiyama is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It was created in 1929 when it was split off from Shimogyō-ku. During the years 1931 to 1976 it also covered the area of present-day Yamashina-ku, which was an independent town until its merger into the city in 1931. The name literally means "Eastern Mountain District".
Ponto-chō
Ponto-chō is a Hanamachi district in Kyoto, Japan, known for geisha and home to many geisha houses and traditional tea houses. Like Gion, Pontochō is famous for the preservation of forms of traditional architecture and entertainment.
Sanjō Keihan Station
Sanjō Keihan Station (三条京阪駅 Sanjō Keihan Eki) is a subway station in Higashiyama ward, city of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
Chion-in
in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan is the headquarters of the Jōdo-shū (Pure Land Sect) founded by Hōnen (1133–1212), who proclaimed that sentient beings are reborn in Amida Buddha's Western Paradise (Pure Land) by reciting the nembutsu, Amida Buddha's name. The vast compounds of Chion-in include the site where Hōnen settled to disseminate his teachings and the site where he died.
Maruyama Park
Maruyama Park is a park in Kyoto, Japan. It is noted as the main center for cherry blossom viewing in Kyoto, and can get extremely crowded at that time of year (April). The park's star attraction is a weeping cherry tree (shidarezakura) which becomes lit up at night. It also becomes busy in the New Year's Eve Festivals. The main entrance to the park is through Yasaka Shrine, which sits at the eastern end of Shijō Street in the Gion District.
Shijō Kawaramachi
Shijō Kawaramachi is a vibrant part of central Kyoto, Japan where Shijō and Kawaramachi Streets intersect. Kawaramachi Street runs parallel to the Kamo River on the eastern side of Kyoto, while Shijō Street runs east-west through the center of the city.
Shōren-in
is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. Also known as the Awata Palace, it was built in the late 13th century. Shōren-in was formerly the temple of the imperial abbot of the Tendai headquarters on Mount Hiei; the abbot was required to be chosen from the imperial family or high court aristocracy. After the Great Kyoto Fire of 1788, it was used as a temporary imperial palace. The main hall was rebuilt in 1895.
Shijō Street
Shijō Street runs center of Kyoto, Japan east to west through the commercial center of the city. Shijō literally means fourth street of Heian-kyō, the ancient capital.
Kennin-ji
, is a historic Zen Buddhist temple in Higashiyama, Kyoto, Japan, near Gion, at the end of Hanami Lane. It is considered to be one of the so-called Kyoto Gozan or "five most important Zen temples of Kyoto".
Kōdai-ji
, formally identified as Jubuzan Kōdai-ji, is a temple of the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan—the largest subtemple of the Kennin-ji branch. It was established in 1606 by Nene (often known by the title Kita no Mandokoro, and who had taken the name Kōdai-in), the widow of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, to pray for her late husband. The principal image is a statue of Shaka. The temple possesses a number of objects designated as Important Cultural Assets.
Sanjō Ōhashi
Sanjō Ōhashi is a bridge in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It spans the Kamo River as part of Sanjō-dōri (三条大通り Third Avenue). It is well-known because it served as the ending location for both the Nakasendō and the Tōkaidō.
Higashiyama Station (Kyoto)
Higashiyama Station is a train station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Tōzai Line in Higashiyama-ku, city of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
Gion-Shijō Station
Gion-Shijō Station is a railway station located in Higashiyama-ku ward, city of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. All types of passenger trains, from local to limited express, stop at the station.
Yasaka Kōshin-dō
, or in its full name Daikoku-san Kongō-ji Kōshin-dō is a small temple located in Higashiyama, Kyoto, Japan. The temple can be found in the vicinity of Kiyomizu-dera. The temple is dedicated to Kōshin-san a nickname of its main worship object Shōmen Kongō, a blue, guardian warrior and to the "three wise monkeys". They represent the Kōshin faith. In Kōshin belief, Kōshin-san is thought to help all those who strive in their livings, with all their efforts to be good persons.
Ryozen Kannon
The Ryōzen Kannon is a war memorial commemorating the Japanese who died during World War II located in Eastern Kyoto. The concrete and steel statue of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (Kannon) was built by Hirosuke Ishikawa and unveiled on 8 June 1955. The statue is 24 m (80 ft) high and weighs approximately 500 tons. The shrine beneath the statue contains an image of Bodhisattva Ekādaśamukha and images of the god of wind and god of thunder.
Ichiriki Chaya
(formally Ichiriki-tei) is one of the most famous and historic ochaya (geisha "tea house") in Kyoto, Japan. It is located at the southeast corner of Shijō Street and Hanami Lane, with its entrance on Hanami Lane (Hanami Lane is the heart of the district of Gion). It is considered an exclusive and high-end establishment; access is invitation only and entertainment can cost upwards of 800,000 yen a night.
Kacho College
Kacho College is a private women's junior college in Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, established in 1953.
Salon de thé François
Salon de thé François is a café in Kyoto, Japan, located at Nishikiyamachi-dōri-Shijō-kudaru; Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto. The building is one of Japan's Registered Tangible Cultural Properties.
Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine
The Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine is a Shinto Shrine located in Kyoto, Japan. It honors the heroes of Japan, especially from the period of the Bakumatsu period and the Meiji Restoration, most famously Sakamoto Ryōma and his associate Nakaoka Shintarō, who are buried side-by-side in the shrine. The Ryozen Museum of History is next to this shrine.
Rokuharamitsu-ji
Rokuharamitsu-ji is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. Founded by Kūya in 951, the Hondō was burned during the wars at the end of the Heian period. Its replacement of 1363, damaged during the Meiji period, was restored in 1969. The temple house a number of statues of the Heian and Kamakura periods that have been designated Important Cultural Properties, including a Kamakura period image of its founder Kūya, as well as a Heian Jūichimen Kannon that is a National Treasure.
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