KYOTO -- Kyoto's famed Gion district is struggling to balance its centuries-old way of life against the pressure to welcome ever-greater numbers of foreign tourists, some of whose misbehavior has residents pushing back.
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Apprentice geisha walk down one of Gion's many narrow streets. (Photo by Kosaku Mimura)
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