Gion Higashi was temporarily named "Gion Otsubu" ('ko' and 'otsu' in Japanese are equivalent to a and b in English), but the name was changed to "Gion Higashi" after the war, which is still used to this day.
一時は『祇園乙部』と称されたが、戦後は名称を『祇園東』に改め現在に至る。