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Gion is the setting of several films by Kenji Mizoguchi, including: 1936 Sisters of the Gion (祇園の姉妹, Gion no kyōdai) 1953 A Geisha aka Gion Music Festival (祇園囃子, Gion bayashi) Part of the Gion area is featured as a photo travel landscape in the 2010 racing video game Gran Turismo 5.
Yasaka Shrine (八坂神社, Yasaka-jinja), once called Gion Shrine (祇園神社, Gion-jinja), 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.
The Gion Festival (祇園祭, Gion Matsuri) is one of the largest and most famous festivals in Japan, taking place annually during the month of July in Kyoto. [1] Many events take place in central Kyoto and at the Yasaka Shrine, the festival's patron shrine, located in Kyoto's famous Gion district, which gives the festival its name. [1]
Five men who used dating app Grindr to target and attack men in a series of robberies have been jailed. Demalji Hadza, 21, Abubaker Alezawy, 21, Ali Hassan, 20, Wasim Omar, 24, and Mohammed Sharif ...
A DC-10 dumps fire retardant near Mandeville Canyon Road during a battle on Jan. 11, 2025, to save the homes in this community in Brentwood from the Palisades Fire that started on Jan. 7, 2025.
Drafted No. 2 overall by Philadelphia in 2016, Wentz is 47-45-1 as a starter with the Eagles (2016-20), Indianapolis Colts (2021), Washington Commanders (2022), Los Angeles Rams (2023) and Chiefs.
The slope in 2009. Ninenzaka, or Ninen-zaka (二年坂) is an ancient 150m stone-paved pedestrian road [1] and tourist attraction in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan.The road is lined with traditional buildings and shops, and is often paired with the similar road, Sannenzaka.
NASA scientists estimated that in 2024, Earth was about 2.65 degrees Fahrenheit (1.47 degrees Celsius) hotter than the average from the mid-19th century — a period from 1850 to 1900.