It started as a joke over too much sake. It was 1975, in Kyoto, Japan. The American Fulbright student was dining with a motherly ex-geisha who had befriended her and with some of the other geisha, and ...

Popularised in the late 80s by Don Johnson's super-sexy detective avatar in Miami Vice, cropped and rolled-up trousers for men have made quite a comeback. Here's a look at the hot trend that's been ...

Usually demure women let their painted masks slip for one night of the year – on February 3, or ‘Setsubun’ – when the entertainment is quite different The stunningly attired geisha opens the folds of ...

Kunihisa Yamura, head of the Morioka geigi supporters' association, is seen in Morioka on April 8, 2025. (Mainichi/Hideyuki Yamada) MORIOKA -- The head of a local geisha supporters' group in this ...