KYOTO—An annual autumn dance performance by “geiko” (geisha) and “maiko” (apprentices) will begin on Oct. 2 in Gion Kobu here, one of the five major “kagai” traditional entertainment ...

KYOTO—Excitement filled the air at Imakumanokannonji temple in Kyoto’s Higashiyama Ward when four “maiko” ... Kyoto’s ‘Gion Odori’ geisha dance back after a 2-year lull. October 4, 2022.

This week, however, Hotel Gajoen Tokyo is offering a rare opportunity for newcomers to experience an authentic, Kyoto-style banquet featuring a group of professional maiko and geiko from Gion Kobu ...

There are also signs in Gion, the Kyoto nightlife district where geisha and maiko work, telling people not to bother them. The signs, however, should probably be even more explicit, but knowing ...

Geisha Haruyu Hayasaki, 84, who was born in Kyoto’s Gion geisha district, asserted that there are no maiko in Gion today because today’s maiko is seldom the daughter of a geisha. “Times have ...

“Secret Moments of Maikos” is an 80-image glance into the lives of maikos, young women training to be geishas, in Kyoto’s Gion Quarter.

A "maiko" apprentice geisha in the Miyagawacho entertainment district has her kimono fitted during a stage photo session in Kyoto's Kamigyo Ward on Feb. 17, 2022. (Mainichi/Kazuki Yamazaki)=Click ...

Kyoto Cuisine and Maiko Evening: Gion Hatanaka, 505 Gion-machi minami-gawa, Higashiyama ward, + 81-75-541-5315, www.kyoto-maiko.jp. Traditional dinner for small group with maiko entertainers.

The two teenagers, working as maiko in the Gion Kobu hanamachi district in Kyoto's Higashiyama Ward, have already been discharged from the hospital, and about 20 people who had close contact with ...

So tonight I had dinner at a high-end ryotei restaurant in Kyoto with my wife's uncle, and afterwards had drinks at an Ochaya in Gion, which is one of the main geisha entertainment areas of Kyoto ...