Kyoto Prefecture, steeped in history and culture, is a tourist destination that symbolizes the traditional beauty of Japan, with such landmarks as Kinkakuji Temple and Kiyomizu-dera Temple. The city is dotted with temples, shrines, and beautiful gardens, and in areas such as Gion, you may pass by maiko (apprentice geisha) and enjoy the emotional atmosphere unique to Kyoto. As a tourist city, Kyoto is crowded with many visitors and is also dotted with entertainment spots. In particular, there is a concentration of brothels around the Shijo Ohashi Bridge over the Kamo River. In the Kawaramachi, Kiyamachi, and Ponto-cho areas around Hankyu Kyoto Kawaramachi Station, located on the west side of Shijo Ohashi Bridge, erotic massage service parlors are popular. There are no soapland service parlors in Kyoto, and erotic massage service parlors are the main type of storefront sex establishment. Gion, which stretches to the east of the Shijo Ohashi Bridge and near Keihan Gion Shijo Station, is famous as Kyoto's flower district, with many love hotels and lodging facilities, and is often used by dispatch-type sex establishments such as outcall escort services and sex esthetic clinics. There is also a love hotel district near the Fushimi and Kyoto Minami interchange, where many outcall escort services operate.