"I'm very happy to be on stage,” said a 17-year-old maiko from East Gion, expressing the sentiments of everyone present.
Banquets in traditional geisha settings were a feature of Niigata’s ozashiki cultureーuntil the COVID-19 pandemic arrived. Here’s what one company did to save it.
Kanako, a maiko from Miyagawacho, Kyoto, does the ceremonial first pitch in Koshien Baseball Stadium on May 22, 2019. The weather in Japan is...
Kimono – the simple yet timeless elegant garment that is traditional Japanese fashion. From the powerful samurai in battle to graceful geisha dancing in tea...
By Robert Morton This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Meiji Restoration. This was the culmination, and the beginning, of a long process...
At the Gion District in Kyoto, geisha performers and apprentice geisha called maiko behave in an elegant manner and move in a rather languid...
