Kyoto Gion Self-Guided Audio Walk: Shirakawa Willows, Hanamikoji Teahouses and Kennin-ji Temple

<ul><li value="1" dir="ltr"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Walk Gion from a one-stone bridge over the Shirakawa, past willows and teahouses, to Kennin-ji and a tiny shrine.</span></li><li value="2" dir="ltr"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">See Tatsumi bridge, Hanamikoji and the Ichiriki teahouse, the 1913 Kaburenjo theatre and Kyoto's oldest Zen temple, by its own account.</span></li><li value="3" dir="ltr"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Discover how Gion's spring dance began in 1872, and the Zen temple whose land became the teahouse quarter.</span></li><li value="4" dir="ltr"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">End at Yasui Konpira-gu, where people crawl through a hole in a paper-covered stone to cut a bad tie.</span></li><li value="5" dir="ltr"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">9 stops over 2 km, about 75 minutes, with English audio you start whenever you like.</span></li></ul>