Let's be real here. Kyoto is dreamy, ancient, and full of narrow lanes lined with wooden teahouses where geiko and maiko ...

A geiko (Kyoto geisha) named Mamechika dances in Gion, Kyoto, on on August 30, 2007. (Joi Ito photo/Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/joi/1284204434/in/photostream ...

KYOTO, Japan — On the quiet streets of Kyoto you will get a glimpse of them. Dressed in Kimono. The familiar white makeup. Walking quickly. That is the extent of what most people see of a geisha.

Real Geisha Real Women is a documentary by Peter MacIntosh about the lives of several women in Kyoto Japan of various generations who are or have been maiko and geiko the Kyoto terms for geisha Their ...

[Toby Hicks/The Daily Pennsylvanian] A 'maiko,' or geisha in training, bows before the beginning of her dance. Geishas were the subject of a talk on Japanese culture held to commemorate the appearance ...

When Claire Griffin couldn't get the story of George Denison Morgan and Yuki Kato out of her head, she knew she had to write ...

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On Christmas Day last year, three dozen geisha danced, sang and talked before several hundred guests at a luxury hotel in Kyoto. Their ancient sisters would have been shocked. For centuries, Kyoto’s ...

For decades, a pic’s international marketing followed the cues of the all-important domestic launch. But the Japanese campaign for “Memoirs of a Geisha” is more lavish — and on a much faster track — ...