Since 1981, there had been two stations along Shijō Street named Shijō; the other is on the Karasuma Line subway.
The story centers around two sisters (Umekichi and Omocha), who are geisha, living in an okiya of their own in the licensed pleasure district of Gion, Kyoto.
Gion | Tobata Gion yamagasa float. Tobata's is host to the Tobata Gion Yamagasa festival | The ''Yamaboko Junkō'' parade on Kawaramachi Street during the Gion Matsuri |
The most notable and famous ochaya is Ichiriki Chaya, in the Gion district of Kyoto, which is considered the height of exclusivity, and features as a major setting in Arthur Golden’s fictional portrayal of a Gion Geisha's life, Memoirs of a Geisha.
He also portrayed the character Shinji Mimura in the controversial film Battle Royale, along with this he has also portrayed the character Gion Toji in the videogame Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan! in both voice and likeness that was captured using facial scanning technology.
Her multi-racial ancestry was similar to his: she was the daughter of William Alexander Aitken, a European-American fur trader, and Gin-gion-cumig-oke, an Ojibwe woman.