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Gion houses two hanamachi, or geisha districts: Gion Kobu (祇園甲部) and Gion Higashi (祇園東).The two were originally the same district, but split many years ago. Gion Kobu is larger, occupying most of the district including the famous street Hanamikoji, while Gion Higashi is smaller and occupies the northeast corner, centered on its rehearsal h
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.
Cicerone Press is an English publisher, founded in 1969, [1] specialising in guidebooks for walkers, climbers, trekkers and cyclists.. The company's first publication was a climbing guide to the English Lake District, and over the past 50 years they have published a range of guidebooks covering walking, trekking and cycling around the world.
The NBA Christmas Day quintuple-header offered some star performances and interesting results, but the calendar rolls on with a full weekend slate. On Friday, fans will get a rematch of the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits fell more than expected last week, reversing the prior week's jump and suggesting that a gradual labor ...
Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa targeted DuBose with a pass over the middle of the field on second-and-9. As the ball arrived, Texans safety Calen Bullock lowered his helmet and made direct ...
The Maumturks or Maamturks (Irish: Sléibhte Mhám Toirc; mountains of the boar's pass) [b] is a mountain range in Connemara, [c] County Galway, in the west of Ireland.It is a long, broadly-straight range, consisting of weathered quartzite peaks in its central section.
The most straightforward route to the summit of Binn Mhór is the 6-kilometre 2-hour roundtrip route from the pass at Máméan and back; however, because of its positioning on a high ridge of its own small massif, it can also be climbed as a 10-kilometre 4–5 hour route from Corcogemore in the west, across Mullach Ghlas, to the summit of Binn Mhor, and then finishing down at Máméan (e.g ...