Traditional hand-held fans are considered much more suitable for elegant geisha and their "maiko" apprentices in this age of health concerns over the new coronavirus. This, then, explains recent ...

(Mainichi/Yuki Motohashi) HAKONE, Kanagawa -- A bar where local geisha entertain customers opened in this hot spring resort town Jan. 23, offering a chance for international and Japanese tourists ...

As the demand for Japanese whisky continues to surge ... with each bottle depicting a fully-fledged geisha hiding behind her fan. It is one of these rare bottlings that we have available on ...

and 200 geisha and maiko. But Ganrinin, unlike Kyoto, went into decline after Japan’s rapid postwar economic growth ended in the early 1970s. Kyoto is still home to five noted traditional ...