A great exchange rate, ChatGPT, and kimono-wearing bros have turned Kyoto into the loveliest tourist trap on earth.

KYOTO, Japan — On the quiet streets of Kyoto you will get a glimpse of them. Dressed in Kimono. The familiar white makeup. Walking quickly. That is the extent of what most people see of a geisha.

The history of geisha tradition in Japan, too complex and detailed to unravel here, dates back to the 17th century when women took over the role. In the 1920s, ...

K aruizawa’s Geisha Series, a collection of highly sought-after Japanese whiskies, pays homage to both the artistry of geisha and the legacy of the once-defunct but now "reopened" Karuizawa ...

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 ...

Understanding geisha in modern Japan. Thanks to centuries of sexualization in Western media, the image of the geisha is often closely linked with sex work.

We speak to a geisha in Japan about the years spent training as an apprentice (maiko), their typical day (it’s long), and whether they really do eat bite-sized food like in Netflix’s The Makanai.

“Japan,” says one oldtime patron of the Sumida houses, “is the land of the vanishing geisha. In the end they will wind up as purely tourist attractions—like the Navajo Indians.” ...

In total contrast stands the Japanese Geisha, neat, skilled in traditional songs, graceful in age-old dances and minutely educated in a polite ritual which by no means always ends in nimble leaping.

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 ...