Kamishichiken 上七軒
In summer the courtyard of the dance school becomes a beer garden served by maiko.
The oldest of Kyoto's five geisha districts. Tradition has it that the seven teahouses it is named after (*kami-shichi-ken*, ‘the seven upper houses’) were built with timber left over from a restoration of Kitano Shrine, a short walk from here. The teahouse association has its own theatre here.
Kyoto
Imadegawa, Nijo, Kitano-Hakubaichō