Is There a Kyoto Tourism Ban in 2024? Everything You Need to Know
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- čas přidán 24. 03. 2024
- Kyoto's geisha district, known as Gion, has been facing a lot of overtourism problems lately. Here I take a look at the details of the so-called "Kyoto tourism ban". The tourism ban is actually only relevant for the private roads of Gion, so let's take a look at exactly what that entails.
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Thank you SO much for actually providing a map!
I looked at about a dozen articles about this and none of them would actually say which areas were affected beyond a vague "some private streets".
I'm glad it was helpful! Unfortunately in these situations most of the English language articles are just referencing each other. You need to get into the Japanese to find the specifics - but even then they're still being quite vague to be honest!
As a Japanese person living in Japan I have always considered the Gion area a private Geisha performance business area and it never occurred to me to go in there without booking a geisha performance. I have never been in there yet as i haven't gotten around to it but definitely would never think to go in the district without an appointment. It would be like going to a restaurant and taking pictures and loitering around without ordering anything
That's an interesting point! I think for some people they want to walk around the historic streets, but Sannenzaka has a bit more to offer in that regard.
Yeah there are plenty of other historical places in Kyoto, and people should really not be there without an appointment
Thank you for this info Cassandra🙏🏻
Thank you 🙏🏻 for the information, explanation, and respecting of the culture.
I love visiting Kyoto, and was sad to see the need to enforce banned areas. I hope things will improve and that Geiko and Maiko feel safe. Thank you for your wonderful video explaining the situation.
I hope things improve soon too. I also hope people start to visit some of Japan's other interesting areas to lighten the tourism load on Kyoto - it's a beautiful place but things are getting a little out of hand it seems
@@cassandra_lord I agree. Kyoto is wonderful, but Japan has so many wonderful places to visit. If there is a silver lining in this situation, it may encourage tourists to visit some of those places instead - giving Kyoto some breathing room.
agree. There're tons of beautiful places like Matsumoto, Kumamoto castle. also ise shrine and Toba perl islands in Mie prefecture are my favorite.
They're more attractive than Kyoto.
Thank you for this explanation! It’s clarified things a lot!
I'm so glad you found it helpful!
It is very interesting. Only foreigners talking about banning tourists and know so much about it. But we who actually live in Kyoto have no official information about it!!!!!
Are there any guides or yours you recommend to visit Gion? I was planning on visiting next week but completely understandable
You can book a geisha performance, they are only restricting the people who are going in that area with no purpose
I haven't been on any in Gion myself, but here are a few options:
mai-ko.com/geisha/
This one of theirs is Gion specific: mai-ko.com/tour/gion-walking-tour-see-a-real-geisha/
www.kyoto-gioncorner.com/global/en.html
www.viator.com/tours/Kyoto/Explore-the-Geisha-world-and-real-Kyoto/d332-108515P1
I did a tour with Peter Macintosh last year. There you could photograph the maikos and geikos. But he also knew them all personally. This year I booked a dinner with him.
That's a great tour recommendation! This guy, right? www.kyotosightsandnights.com/walking.html
@@cassandra_lord Yes.
I can totally understand, tourism makes your own a nightmare. So much invasion of privacy😢
there're tons of places to see in Kyoto，especially there're beautiful gardens and temples along side philosopher path. and yeees❤ Kanazawa and Takayama are less crowd and even more beautiful.
"This is not a Kyoto wide travel ban as many headlines might make you believe" but then you name your video Kyoto Tourism Ban....
You're right. That is why I used quotation marks in the thumbnail, to indicate that's what people are calling it. But the people who don't realise it is not Kyoto-wide will not search "Gion". Do you have any suggestions?
What a nitpicking and useless comment. Welcome to CZcams. Catchy titles is kind of our thing.
How and where to apply for a permit to visit the streets that will closed to tourists?
Currently there is only a Japanese application form for photography in Gion, and even that requires that you adhere to certain rules, as it assumes you are taking wedding photos or kimono photos as opposed to photos of the street itself. Some of the rules include no night photography or photos in front of doorways: www.gion-shinbashi.jp/c/manner.html
Other than that, there is currently no concrete information about any other permits. It seems they are currently just hoping that tourists will use a guide (such as this one: mai-ko.com/tour/gion-walking-tour-see-a-real-geisha/ #notsponsored)
@@cassandra_lord thankyou for the reply; much appreciated. My wife is Japanese, I’m English and we have just bought a house just south of Gion so I wondered if the tourist ban would also apply to local residents and if so how would residents be identified.
That's kind of the whole point of the harsh title. The headlines actually want to you to believe that it is a city-wide travel ban as a way to discourage as many people away as possible. Seriously there's way too many people everywhere. It stinks! You can't smell the cherry blossoms. All you hear around you are people speaking in English, Korean, Chinese just like North America. Every stupid event, every tourist spot, every popular gathering is becoming like Itaewon. Places with narrow alleyways get scary dangerous within seconds!
More and more tourists are adhering to rules here, but what is still going on are Geiko/Maiko paparazzi & foreign CZcamsrs from India & China etc who stalk and follow the Geiko/Maiko across the district so they can upload the footage onto CZcams for ad revenue.
Thanks for the map. How would that works with restaurant and shops there ? thanks
Currently I haven't seen any specific information about those. I would imagine if you have a reservation and anyone questions why you are using those streets you could show that, but I don't know about the shops.
Thank you. yeah for example there is this CACAO 365 chocolate store right on these alleys.... i will check out in May :-) the map is also funny where a portion of a street is banned...how people would go to their hotel...some illogical parts !
is Kyoto real that they don’t like tourists?I wanna go to Japan this summer,sorry for my poor english
They just don't like tourists who don't respect Kyoto's culture and people! Make sure to research before you visit and you shouldn't have any problems. Just be polite and kind, and respect the people and buildings
@@cassandra_lord thanks for your reply!
Nice video. But, many tourists are entitled but wont take the time out to learn to speak any Japanese. How would these tourists like it if someone touched and harassed them? Treat people how you want to be treated. Have manners when you are allowed entry into someone's home. You would want a guest to respect yours, right?
gold coated ice cream...
Yeah! It's kind of hard to eat, if I'm honest. It gets stuck to your lips 😂 but it makes a good picture
Hopefully they ban all tourists. I miss corona, when they couldn’t come in and ruin this beautiful place.
Not sex workers? 😂😂😂ist oh you have no idea!!! They are.
That's why we don't want you. The place is not a red-light district.
yea im not convince, if a dude hires a women to sing and dance for her while drinking, he's also hiring her for much more that's not talked about, don't be naive