In Popular Culture
- Gion is the setting of much of Arthur Golden's novel Memoirs of a Geisha.
- Gion was also where Mineko Iwasaki lived and conducted business as a geiko, as mentioned in her autobiography Geisha of Gion.
- Gion is the setting of several films by Kenji Mizoguchi, including:
- 1936 Sisters of the Gion (祇園の姉妹 Gion no kyōdai)
- 1953 A Geisha AKA Gion Music Festival (祇園囃子 Gion bayashi)
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