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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

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.

The powerful image of the geisha - scarlet lips across an alabaster-white painted face, a glossy black wig and ornate kimono - has been associated with Japanese culture since the 17th century.

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' ...