While the number of practicing geishas has declined sharply, traditional geisha houses—called “okiya”—still exist, and the ...

Meet the mistress of Nara’s last geisha house — a remarkable woman who’s on a mission to keep this complex tradition alive in ...

The global beauty and personal care market is booming these days, with worldwide revenues topping $700 billion. And nowhere ...

KYOTO--Geisha scattered roasted soybeans to exorcise “evil spirits” and bring good fortune in the year ahead during a ...

Geisha apprentices show various aspects of the traditional performers for YouTube posts. (Video by Takumi Okada) Kikue, right, and Kikunami perform during a live stream on May 13 in Nara.

Matsuchiyo Life of a Geisha is a documentary about one of the ... surviving members of the family Matsuchiyo joins an Okiya a traditional geisha agency to pay the family debts and support her ...

Amongst these releases, the Karuizawa Geisha Label bottlings featured label designs based upon traditional Japanese Uliyo-e, woodblock prints which most often depicted courtesans or geisha.