Wearing tall platform sandals and a long kimono, Ikuko glides across the room as if she were balancing a glass of water on her head. She gazes at a wall of old photos in Tokyo’s Akasaka geisha house.

Geisha and maiko (teenage apprentices training to become geisha) are women who perform Japanese traditional arts such as singing, dancing and playing instruments to entertain customers while they dine ...

Children are told fables in authoritative voices, making it plausible that a grasshopper could dance and nosh during placid summer days while neurotic ants scurry about like shoppers at a Woolworth’s ...

Kyoto: There is a scene in the 007 movie "You only live twice" where Japanese secret service agent Tiger Tanaka says to James Bond: "In Japan, men come first, women come second." Almost 50 years on ...

The Palme d'Or winning auteur interviewed real-life working geisha in Kyoto as part of his preparation for the series: "I realized I didn't have any idea how Geiko and Maiko actually live their lives ...

Her voice sounded melodic, soft and soothing. She glided across the tatami mats, dancing traditional steps that she had performed thousands of times. Her apprentice, fresh with youth and wearing a ...

The cherry blossoms had come and gone and soft June rains had begun to fall on the dark wooden houses near the Sumida River when Aguri, 6, was confronted with her life’s work. “I didn’t want to be a ...

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One of the most popular restaurants in the North East is set to open two more venues in Newcastle. Geisha has become known as one of the most "Instagrammable" restaurants in the city due to its ...