It was remembered that, as a minister, he once allowed a woman singer to performinpublic (even though it was to a female audience only, the Islamic Republic bans any woman singing solo).
Continue along Pontocho, past the theatre where geisha performpublic dances in autumn and spring, and you will come out near the river again and Sanjo Bridge, where much of young Kyoto is hastening towards a night on the town, or waiting for dates near the temple commemorating 39 noblewomen and children executed along the riverbank.