It is nine in the evening in Japan. Hakone-based geisha Yumiko sits before her computer, with a sake flask and cup, ready to begin an online party. Six groups appear on her screen, and she smiles and ...

KANAZAWA--Discount geisha shows, held in the daytime, no less, unthinkable in pre-pandemic days, are catching on here, with both the performers and their fans welcoming the unusual format of the ...

KYOTO--Geisha and their "maiko" trainees are being forced out of work here as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, shutting down parties where the traditional artists make their living entertaining guests ...

With her perfectly lacquered hair, painted face and a submissive demeanor meant to please the men she entertains, the Japanese geisha has the reputation of being a lady of uncertain morals. Delicate, ...

Japanese geisha “Chacha” sits on her knees with her fingertips neatly placed on the wooden floor, gracefully bowing to an audience sitting not in front of her but miles away, watching online. Beneath ...

This English-friendly online service will set up a virtual geisha party for you and your friends for ¥1,000 Known as Meet Geisha, the service is based in Hakone Yumoto town in Kanagawa prefecture, the ...

Excitement buzzes down the narrow Kyoto street. There, in a doorway, stand two young women in glittering kimonos and eerie white makeup, blossoms trailing from their sculptured hair. Tourists gather ...

A German events location has drawn backlash over an ad about an “exotic Asia” party that featured “Geisha Girls.” The event, titled “Geisha: The Exotic Asia Night,” was scheduled to run for six hours ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Just eight years ago, Komomo was a Japanese teenager living in Beijing, riding her bicycle around the city and playing pool with her ...

07:57, Thu, Dec 1, 2016 Updated: 08:20, Thu, Dec 1, 2016 From my balcony I’d see maiko – trainee geisha – clopping by, chattering and laughing, their white-painted faces glowing in the darkness.

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 ...

From my balcony I’d see maiko – trainee geisha – clopping by, chattering and laughing, their white-painted faces glowing in the darkness. Sometimes I’d see them in daytime in their gorgeously coloured ...