Japan's geisha are experts in their field, but they're often treated like tourist attractions. Learn why Kyoto officials have ...

The Rise of the Geisha in Japanese Culture. In the Edo period, Japan’s pleasure quarters—designated areas in cities like Kyoto, Tokyo, and Osaka—became the central locations for geisha houses.

MITO--Yasuko Yasuhara, once a top party hostess in this Ibaraki prefectural capital, made an inevitable career shift as she ...

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.

Efforts on to keep geisha tradition alive. Once it was the most admired profession that a Japanese woman could aspire to, with men falling over themselves to outdo rivals with gifts of expensive ...

Detail of a Katsura, a geisha wig. Before WWII, geishas styled with their own hair, but the Katsura enabled them to maintain a polished traditional hairstyle without weekly restyling by an artisan.

The discreet, refined and graceful world of the Japanese geisha has been turned upside-down by a rebellion: A group of apprentice geisha, or maiko, have accused their training house of cruelty and … ...

Meet the mistress of Nara’s last geisha house — a remarkable woman who’s on a mission to keep this complex tradition alive in her ancient city, a former capital of Japan.

Home; Culture & Life; Art; In The Spotlight Geisha paparazzi: Kyoto's biggest headache. Tensions over tourists taking photographs of iconic Japanese women have reached 'boiling point' ...