Memoirs of a Geisha was filmed in Los Angeles & San Francisco in the United States of America.
Hakone Estate & Gardens
In movie
Scene where Chyo and Chairman walk in the garden.
Real
Fushimi Inari Taisha
In movie
Scene where The young Chiyo runs through the orange gates.
Real
Scene was shot The Fushimi-Inari Shrine is a popular shrine just outside the city center of Kyoto. It is very populair with tourists. The orange gates are called torii in Japanese.
Kyoto