Editing Gion (section)

==In popular culture==
* Gion is the setting of much of [[Arthur Golden]]'s novel ''[[Memoirs of a Geisha]].''
* Gion Kobu was also where [[Mineko Iwasaki]] lived and conducted business as a geisha, as mentioned in her autobiography ''[[Geisha of Gion]].''
* Gion is the setting of several films by [[Kenji Mizoguchi]], including:
** 1936 {{nihongo|''[[Sisters of the Gion]]''|祇園の姉妹|Gion no kyōdai}}
** 1953 {{nihongo|''[[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]].