KYOTO—Residents fed up with bad-mannered tourists intruding on a small private road in the Gion geisha district here are fighting back by threatening a hefty fine. Signs installed at both ends ...

The Kyoto Heritage Preservation Association is hosting the event. The Asahi Shimbun is a special sponsor. Hogonji temple, which stands in the city’s Yamashina Ward near the border with Shiga ...