For those bound to their morning coffee ritual, some coffees ignite intrigue because of their strong flavor, and others because they are of a rare origin. Geisha coffee manages to be both. Despite the ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Koiku lives in a Tokyo apartment, loves to read manga comics, and to play with her Scottish Fold cats. But as evening nears she paints her face with white makeup, dresses in a ...
TOKYO – Ikuko, the “big sister” of Tokyo’s Akasaka geisha district, came to the capital to seek her fortune in 1964, the year Tokyo first hosted the Olympics. But the novel coronavirus pandemic has ...
The girl from a fishing village must learn to be a lady. A special sort of lady: a geisha, one of the “wives of nightfall” who for centuries have entertained Japanese gentlemen with delicacy, wit and ...
According to bestselling author Golden (Memoirs of Geisha), the reason why so many Westerners misunderstand the social function of geisha is because there is no clear counterpart to their profession ...
Geisha and maiko (teenage apprentices training to become geisha) are women who perform Japanese traditional arts such as singing, dancing and playing instruments to entertain customers while they dine ...
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